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Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

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A new review of safety on the River Avon after the latest tragedy

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We remember the inspiration behind Cider with Rosie. Shd would

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And meet Erin the water babx who could swim before she could walk!

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A week after the start of the latest badger cull in Somerset and

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Gloucestershire, both sides claim the other is using dirty trhcks

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Farmers and landowners have accused protestors of harassment

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The protestors say their cars have been attackdd

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Last night our Somerset reporter Clinton Rogers went out with

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a direct action group stopphng at nothing to disrupt the ctll.

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It was an odd game of cat and mouse on the moors of Somerset last night.

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Protestors writing down reghstration numbers of people they think may be

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involved in the cull, intelligence gathering they say

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Others call this harassment and intimidation.

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This farmers wife whose land is in the Gloucestershire cull zone

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We do walk around in our hole in darkness. As soon as we turn on the

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light, that tortures come on the Windows of the rooms we are in.

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Mind you, the anti`cull campaigners say they are being targeted now

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Two of their cars they say have had their tyres slashed.

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Last night we followed a protest group prepared to take

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direct action to disrupt thd cull ` break the law if necessary.

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Night vision cameras that c`n pick up body heat a kilometre aw`y.

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They think they've spotted a marksman in the field below.

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The tactic ` make a noise and hope the marksman leaves.

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Even if that does mean crossing private land, even going through

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That is a success? Yes, we `re protesting.

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Most of the protestors don't want their identities known but they

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If we think the law is unjust, we step across it. We don't dalage

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property or people. Towards the end

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of the night the police turn up and two of the group are arrested

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though they won?t tell us why. Today we learned they'd been

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arrested on suspicion of carrying an offensive we`pon but

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released without further occasion. Doubtless they'll be out

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on patrol again tonight. A police investigation after a man

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was allegedly thrown from a van in Gloucestershire has concluddd that

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no criminal offence was comlitted. The man remains seriously unwell

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in hospital but it's now believed the van's occupants were actually

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attempting to get urgent medical help when the incident was reported

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in Wotton`under`Edge. Five people believed to be from the

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Bristol area were arrested `nd have Safety is to be reviewed

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along the River Avon in Bath after six people have died there

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in the last five years. The Royal Society for the Prevention

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of Accidents is being brought in to see what, if anything,

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needs to be improved. Today, the body of 18`year`old

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Sam Amin was formally identhfied. He fell into the river in

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the early hours of Saturday morning But spa University Internathonal

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students arriving today. Ahdad of the thousands arriving at the city

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University is at the weekend. And in their bar, the student union staff

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are making sure that the safety message is heard loud and clear We

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don't want to scare anyone, but we need to make sure it is important.

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It is still a possibility and are concerned for everyone. 18`xear`old

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Sam Amin was walking home after a night out in the city. This is

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Southgate, where the station is the train station and people walk home

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through here. This pathway hs a popular route along the Rebdcca

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Raven. People come down herd as they head out of the city and he`d

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towards their homes. A few xears ago at the third death, the council

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asked the safety of `` safety body to point out where the dangdrous

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spots where. Once in, it is hard to get out. The council says the land

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along the river is the responsibility of many landowners.

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We will be looking at all of these measures, but in this particular

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spot, as soon as the police have finished their review, we mtst see

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if they have any recommendations. We will review the work we havd been

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doing. Many of Sam's friends have been paying their respects `t the

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river. An online petition h`s been launched and signed by his friends.

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Some of them were with him before he died. We keep thinking, did we do

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enough for him gesture markdd you know, as friends of his, did we do

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enough to make sure he was safe We need safety measures in place

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because this will happen ag`in and there will be somebody else standing

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in front of a camera telling them, you need to do something about this.

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It should not have to come to that. This is the area where they believe

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Sam may have gone into the river and flowers are arriving with lovely

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messages. Take just painted here of a lovely friend and a good son.

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There's a passionate appeal from the West tonight for Scotland to remain

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Hundreds of people are gathdring at Queen's Square

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in Bristol to show how much they want the union to stay in place

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The demonstration has been organised on social media and is

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intended to send a signal to our neighbours 400 miles to the north.

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If they do vote for independence tomorrow it would

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make the short flight from Bristol to Glasgow an international trip.

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Let's join Paul Barltrop in Queen's Square.

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Are there many there? The honest and set is no. It is a surreal

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atmosphere. The word has gone out on social media by a group of people

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who are trying to get peopld in England to support north of the

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border by making phone calls, contacting people to say how much

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they want Scotland to stay part of this country. We have a boy band who

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have come along the rehears`l. We will try to talk to some of the

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organisers who are keen to see this country stay together. At the moment

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I'm Anthony is over here. Hd is the organiser of this. Anthony, just

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quickly with the band playing in the background, why did you do this The

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day of unity is a grass roots movement across the country. Whether

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it is coming to the park to play music, whether it is being hn a pub

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talking to your friends abott the union. It is to be out therd and

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express your love of Scotland. People here don't have a vote so

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there is nothing we can do? No, but it does not mean you haven't got a

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voice and remind our Scottish cousins and brothers that wd love

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them and want them to stay with us. This is only just getting going here

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and the band getting things warmed up. But the message to Scotland is a

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slightly muted one. But Scotland, these people want you to st`y with

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us. Welcome to Wednesday night's

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Points West. Another win and still top of the

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league ` there's much to celebrate And that, believe it or not,

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is where we're sitting now. We look back on the history

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of this very studio. Efforts to improve Somerset's

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struggling child protection services Today it's been revealed th`t

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the department is on course to go the council's child protecthon work

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to be inadequate and a new director, thought to be

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the country's most expensivd council official, was brought

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in to turn the department round Among

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the problems highlighted today. The heavy reliance on temporary and

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rather costly agency social workers. It is becoming hard to manage both

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practically and on the admin side. Not knowing what additional work

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will be coming in, whether or not we can access services we have been

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able to access in the past. Today the council's cabinet

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met to agree a way forward. They were told that contingdncy

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money would be made available. The leader stressed they were trying

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to improve recruitment We are doing what we can to make

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sure those children are safd. We employ social workers because we

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need them to care for the children. The council has to sort out

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its overspend by next March. But

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before then Ofsted inspectors will be back to check if Somerset has

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sorted out its children's sdrvices. Fewer people are out of work

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in the West Country, accordhng to Just under 27,000 people were

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claiming Jobseekers Allowance It's the sixth month

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in a row that unemployment has come down, but official statistics also

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reveal that wages are still failing Hundreds of patients wanting a minor

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injuries unit at a Bristol hospital handed a 16,000`signature pdtition

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to councillors this morning. The protestors say NHS bossds have

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broken a promise to treat non`life threatening injuries at Cossham

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hospital. The minor injuries we have got at

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the moment is we have to go to Southmead. It is out of the area. We

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were promised in this area to have care in our community. Minor

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injuries in our community. They are not giving it to others. Thd local

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GPs who are responsible for these decisions are saying, let's have

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another look at how we provhde urgent care and see if an mhnor

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injuries unit is the best w`y of doing that. I understand thdir

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frustration, they expect th`t service to be here and we m`de a

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commitment to provide it. Btt we have to make sure what we provide

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makes the best use of our rdsources. A little girl who learnt to swim

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before she could walk has won Erin from Gloucester was born with

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a condition that meant her hip But her love

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of swimming has helped her recovery and now at the age of four she's

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a real talent in the water. Totally at home in the water. When

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Erin was two her mother nothced that Swimming has given her so mtch

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freedom. It was almost as if she instinctively knew. When shd was

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two, they noticed a severe problem. X`rays revealed she had hip displace

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ear. It blew us away. I slid down the wall and cried my eyes out. It

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catches me now, when I know what it is like. I had to give up mx job for

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a year as a teacher to be home to look after her. Erin had seven

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operations and months in a plaster cast from her waist to her `nkles.

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Ordinary life did not exist at that time. She learned to crawl hn it,

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but I could not go to the supermarket because she could not go

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in the trolley. I had to carry Erin in one hand and shopping in the

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other. She did not fit in hdr pram, or car seats. So you needed

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specialist equipment. Her rdcovery has been helped by her love of

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swimming and it is now her special talents. You would expect hdr to be

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below her age. She is in lessons with children a year older than her.

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Mostly boys in her class, she is very competitive with them. Erin has

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received a water baby hero `ward. You have given him a name, what are

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you calling him? Dave. Dave might be the first award for Erin and her

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swimming. You are a real star and so luch

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better than us. Erin, you are a brilliant water baby, we have made

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another special package we have put on Facebook page of her tre`tment.

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Bristol City increased their lead at the top of League One to four

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They beat Port Vale 3`0 to dxtend their unbeaten start to the season.

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It was already the club's best start since 190 .

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And a Port Vale side in wretched form were no match for them.

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Summer signing Aaron Wilbraham has been the chief supplier of goals `

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An achievement worthy of a standing ovation from his team`mates.

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In this game last season, a mistake from Aden Flint cost City

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the win ` the big defender's goal was perhaps a bit of redemption

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Wilbraham capped off another fine night, and City's

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I am running out of superlatives to talk about them. I will be delighted

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by the end of it. At Swindon,

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a goal of the night contenddr Jon Obika preferred

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the poacher's approach and that s three goals in two matches

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for the recent signing from Spurs. Andy Williams soon had

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the home fans off their feet again. But it wasn?t enough to win

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the game and Oldham took We didn't play with any fludncy We

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are not set up for that. The visit of bottom club Crdwe

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looked like a good chance for Yeovil Instead they fell behind

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and were reliant on an equaliser from sub, Kheffer

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Moore, to spare their blushds. A rarity at Cheltenham ` Jason

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Taylor's red card was the club's Southend made the extra man count

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as Conor Clifford's goal settled And in the Conference,

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Bristol Rovers made it thred wins in a row, beating Nuneaton 3`1 with

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goals from Tom Parkes, Jon Parkin scored

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the late equaliser. It is like match of the day She was

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one of the central characters of one of the most famous Gloucestdrshire

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but is ever written. Cider With Rosie, Rosie Brookland, but sadly

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she died at the weekend. For 60 years the identity

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of the mysterious Rosie that entranced a young Laurie Led one

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summers day stayed a secret. But in the 70's Rose was revealed

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as Rosalind Buckland ` her father She drew from under a sack, this jar

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of cider. I was doomed. I drank this golden fire. It was a drink but was

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the first and the last of that time. Never to be forgotten.

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But in the 70's Rose was revealed as Rosalind Buckland ` her father

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and Laurie's Mother were cotsins and they became close friends.

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In 2004 she spoke to BBC Radio Gloucestershire

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about Cider with Rosie. The book tells of the highs and lows of life

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I was delighted. I knew he was doing it. What about the title and the bit

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about you in the haystack bdcause it is left for people to interpret He

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exaggerated it quite a bit because he said I got married to a sold

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which I didn't. The book tells about the highs and lows of life `s a

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child and Rosalind remembers the harsh winters in the book. Ht was

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bitter. We had only one fird going in the room. No central heating it

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was freezing. Today on what would have been her 100th birthdax, the

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family had a Private celebr`tion of her life. Life well lived and to the

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truth about the cider. It h`s been one of my ambitions to have cider

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with Rosie. I had to get yot a bottle of cider. Do you drink cider?

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I don't. We are getting nostalgic on points West as we celebrate 80 years

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of the BBC in Bristol. We'rd looking at back at the place we likd to call

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home. Alex will show you behind`the`scenes. I wanted to show

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you this view. We're looking down on David. All of the rigging and this

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studio has been used for so many different things over the ydars In

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the 60s and 70s it was prob`bly half as big again, stretching all the way

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back to the back walls. If they could talk, imagine the stories they

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could tell. John Craven has been looking through the archives.

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Studio a in Bristol is the home of points West. The programme has been

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known to have the occasional wildlife guest. The studio tsed to

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be the scene of a whole par`de of animals in the classic children s

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show, animal magic. It began in the 1960s and ran the 21 years,

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captivating millions with its animal antics and tales of the vishting

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animals at the studios are legendary. Bill Sim's father worked

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at the BBC at the time. I rdmember him telling me he came into his

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office and saw a monkey sitting on his desk. He thought, these animal

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magic people and went off to get a cup of tea. Kate Adie was a local

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radio producer and recalls having to go on safari in the BBC car park.

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Used to get a phone call regularly and we would say, what is it this

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week? This one is slithering. There was a snake loose. Every wedk there

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was something that got out `nd radio Bristol had to joined the htnt for

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some beast. So that was anilal tragic, as it was known. In the

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1980s, the wild show burst onto the scene, adding a young studio

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audience. We had bad hair and bad clothes, but I was so excitdd. The

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atmosphere was fantastic. Wd have a fantastic yesterday on... Pdople

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bringing in all sorts of live animals, some of them large and

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dangerous. People brought in Jaguars and venomous snakes. Scorpions and

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spiders. It is pretending to be a dangerous snake. You are a fraud. It

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was a mishmash of energy, excitement, innovation. It was

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packed with information and the kids loved it. Nowadays, it is the likes

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of Steve back sure and popular programmes like Deadly 60. BBC

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Bristol has been instrument`l in the city's animation industry. The

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studios saw the birth of thd much loved character, morph. This is the

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Bristol headquarters of Arddn animations, home of not just morph,

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but Wallace and Gromit 's and Shaun the sheep. I have been invited on to

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the set. Why is it over the years restore has become a centre for

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animation? One of the reasons is the BBC had its animation unit based in

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Bristol. I did not know we had our own animation unit, what did it do?

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It would ask companies like ours to make content. Did they commhssion

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morph? Yes, for his first p`rt on Take Heart. Does he still lhve? He

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does. Their creators have asked me to direct the new series. How long

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would it take you to make hhm? About 15 to 20 minutes. Can I havd a go?

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Of course you can. What do xou think? Let's have a look. Hd is

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giving me the thumbs up. Have I got the job? When do you want to start

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rush to mark there is anothdr chance to watch John Craven making his

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morph, the whole attempt on our Facebook page. It was great to see

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Johnny Morris again. I use his dressing room. It hasn't bedn

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decorated for 40 years! Now the weather.

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A change I think over the ndxt few days. Some isolated and possibly

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thundery showers. I don't think we will see too many tonight or

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tomorrow but the main threat is Friday. Tomorrow is warm and fine,

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at the risk of a shower latd into the day. An area of low pressure

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which last week was over thd west coast of Spain and Portugal has

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thrown this line of cloud across. It is now the focal point to sde

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showers developing over the next 24 hours. No pressure moves a bit but

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not very far. It is close enough to generate showers. Most likely as we

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move into Friday. One or two of them on Friday could be heavy and

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thundery. At the moment, it is not a bad end to the day. Low clotd and

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missed and humid night to come. Temperatures falling no lowdr than

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13 or 14, for most of us but it might be warmer in towns and cities.

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And misty in places tomorrow. Starting temperatures betwedn 1 and

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16, which is unusual for September. Sunshine will be back out and will

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be with us until the end of the afternoon. There is a bit of

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instability in the air to trigger a sharp shower. 22, 23 or possibly 24

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degrees in Wiltshire. Do thd rest of the week and into the weekend, we

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will be worried about Fridax when the showers could slow moving and

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heavy. A few showers around on Saturday and becoming largely fine

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and dry and Sunday and also cooler in the second half of the wdekend.

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I have just been told antiqtes road show will be in Barrington Court

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tomorrow. We are back

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Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones and Matt

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