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goodbye from me and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where

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Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury

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Jobs are on the line as a Somerset creamery plans to close.

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Dairy Crest say they've tridd everything to make

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We'll be assessing whether supermarket competition is to blame.

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And the new ballet classes hn Bath, aimed at the over 65 's.

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Around 60 workers at a dairx firm in Somerset could be out of work,

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following the announcement that a creamery is to shut.

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Dairy Crest has said it's f`iled to make the factory in Chard vhable,

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despite what it describes as "the best efforts of a dedicated

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The firm has blamed the dechsion on the way we buy our milk,

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The end of shift and the grim reality sets in th`t these

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For the last, Dairy Crest has been here for decades.

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This factory, with its links to the milk industry has been here for

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decades. People will be without works.

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This is terrible. Where are the farmers going to take their milk?

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Dairy Crest has been here for ever. I remember it as a child. They were

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able to employ quite a lot of people in the town. It is a shock!

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Their bottling dairy in London is also to close.

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Dairy Crest have blamed it on people no longer drinking bottled

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milk` The proportion of milk sold in glass bottles has fallen from 94

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But the Unions are blaming ht on the supermarket competithon.

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The relentless pressure applied to the dairy industry is unbearable.

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The costs are leaving companies like Dairy Crest with nowhere to go.

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Whoever is to the blame, this landmark building that has been

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here for over 150 years, and was in it's time the biggest milk

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processing factory in Europd, will be closed by this time next year.

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Fiona Lamdin, BBC Points West in Chard.

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Here is our business correspondence, Dave Harvey. There are thred ways

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you can sell milk, apparently. Doorstep deliveries. We saw that in

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the owner's package. There `re no requirements for doorstep ddliveries

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any more. Supermarkets and shops are selling an awful lot of milk, but

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farmers should still be abld to strike a deal. She's? The most

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popular in Britain is Cathedral City. Who sells that? Farmers.

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Those surviving now are probably OK. Stay with us Dave.

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Plans for a new nuclear powdr station at Hinkley Point will get

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the green light from Brussels, it emerged this afternoon.

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The controversial proposal to guarantee a fixed price

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for the electricity generatdd in West Somerset was referred to the

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Opponents said the deal amotnted to a state subsidy,

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But today the Commissioner said a "positive decision"

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A formal announcement is expected within weeks.

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So Dave. Is this the final hurdle crossed?

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They've announced the deal to fix the price. Then it went to Brussels.

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Why? To fix the price. So opponents said, hang on, what other company

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has their prices fixed? Thex said it was incompatible with EU law. Now,

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they've changed their tune. They've said they will reach a positive

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decision. This is very complicated sttff!

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The police have confirmed they're calling

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in high level forensic experts as part of an investigation into

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A BBC investigation has found that anarchists have claimed

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responsibility for more than 20 attacks in

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the past 3 years, including a fire which caused millions of potnds of

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Here's our home affairs correspondent, Steve

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Brodie. Anarchists have clahmed responsibility for more than 20

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crimes across the Bristol area, in the last three years.

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A lot of the claims are on this site.

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In January, five cars were set on fire

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at this showroom, in Bath, causing around ?100,000 worth of dalage

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It was treated as an arson `ttack, but later one so`called anarchist

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group claimed responsibilitx, to the astonishment of the bushness.

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They've given various reasons for it. Environmental reasons, `nd blame

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on the high economy. They blame the capitalist market.

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Over three years, anarchists have laid claim to dozens

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The police are adamant this has nothing to do with

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We are talking about crimin`lity. The causes are very varied. One

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minute it is about NATO, next the Ministry of Justice. But we are

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It also falls under the ide` of domestic extremism.

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Thirteen months ago, one group claimed responsibhlity

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for setting fire to the Police Firearms Training Centre

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causing ?16 million of damage, but as yet, no one has been charged in

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We have a dedicated team working on this. We are bringing in both local

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The police say they have no evidence linking the devastating blaze with

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any of the other attacks, or indeed any connection between any of them.

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But they are now making this appeal to members of the groups

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It is quite possible that the offenders in this case are hiding

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within legitimate protest groups. Michael to those groups is please do

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not let your members across the line into serious offences. Come forward

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But car sales manager Andrew Muffett,

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who has installed more CCTV to cover his entire showroom, wants whoever

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It has caused damage and loss of income. Someone should be khlled

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The police are determined to end the series of incidents before

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And Inside Out West will have more on that story, here on BBC One,

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They've been talking to a former spokesman for one

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of the groups, which has cl`imed responsibility for the attacks.

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A very warm welcome to BBC Points West on this sunny, Monday dvening.

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We've still got plenty more to bring you, including:

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We've got the highlights of this year's Bristol Half`Marathon.

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A jury heard today that, after killing his girlfriend and her

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unborn baby, a Cheltenham m`n wrote a letter apologising to her mother.

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Aston Robinson admitted str`ngling schoolgirl Kayleigh`Anne Palmer

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but told police he never intended to kill her.

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Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs, was in court.

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Aston Robinson was 18 and had been in a relationship with

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16 year old Kayleigh`Anne P`lmer for about a year and she became

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The court heard today that their relationship was loving

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and caring, but often peppered with arguments and violence, and that

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Aston Robinson was jealous of Kayleigh`Anne being with other boys.

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The jury were told about several incidents of violence, incltding one

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last October, when Aston Robinson punched her to the ground,

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kicked her in the stomach and said "that will stop you having ` baby."

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In April this year, at his home in Cheltenham, the prosecuthon said

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that he strangled Kayleigh`@nne with her own scarf, after an argtment.

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The baby died the next day and had to be induced,

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Kayleigh`Anne, who had been on a ventilator, died the day `fter.

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The court heard that Aston Robinson handed himself into police ` few

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He said he hadn't intended to kill her.

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The jury were then shown letters that he wrote to Kaleigh`Anne's

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He said he was sorry, that he loved her.

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He said, "God took her away in peace.

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Away from my accusations and controlling behaviour

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" Aston Robinson denies murder and the destruction of a child.

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Thieves who stole the keys to a fast response vehicle

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in Wiltshire, while paramedhcs were dealing with an emergency,

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The ambulance crew was inside the Talbot pub in Calne

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Someone got into the vehicld and drove it 20 metres down

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Wiltshire police say it could have been extremely serious

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for the patient, who was taken to hospital in another vehicle.

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Candidates and councillors from the West are in Manchester for

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the last Labour conference before next year's general election.

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It's a crucial few days for the party, intended to be a launch

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Our political editor, Paul Barltrop, is at the conference:

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The mood in Manchester is good, but the task facing Labour hs

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At present, the party has jtst two MPs in the West Country.

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During Tony Blair's heyday there were 12.

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If Labour are going to get back into government, they're going to have to

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Six candidates whose fate whll decide who governs Britain.

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They're fighting seats in Swindon, Bristol,

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If Labour are to win next ydar some, if not all, must become MPs.

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Daunting of course. I'm askhng the people of Gloucester to votd for me.

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That is an enormous honour `nd responsibility if I am elected.

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Genuinely, it is daunting btt I am very committed.

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It's a huge responsibility, but it's not exactly daunting. I was very

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aware when I went to this about what it would entail. I am up for the

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They've all been trained to toe the party line.

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Today, that meant talking up the messages being given out in

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Ed Balls spoke of how Labour would tackle Britain's debt.

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But the fallout from the Scottish referendum casts a shadow,

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amid accusations that the party is divided over rdforming

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Let's look at the Conservathves They've had for years to look at the

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English question and now thdy want to do this in one month. I think

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they will make hasty decisions which will harm Swindon. I think there

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should be more conversation about it.

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We mustn't try to rewrite the constitution in five minutes, on the

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If they needed any reminding, a giant poster shows how crtcial

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the West Country will be to Labour in 8 months time.

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Before then, all six will bd giving up paid work to concdntrate

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So, a big challenge facing the candidates and a big molent

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Ed Miliband makes his speech tomorrow, knowing he s

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got to energise everyone here, ready for the campaign to come.

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People in Gloucester will bd given their say tonight on who thdy would

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The Right Reverend Michael Perham stepped down suddenly from

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the position last month, shortly before he was due to retire.

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The new bishop will be responsible for more than 300 parishes

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Our reporter Nick Quraishi sent this report from the Cathedral,

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There are many people in thd dioceses so they want to allow

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people to come and have thehr say. The new bishop will replace the old

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one, who stepped aside after it emerged he had been questioned by

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police about to historical accusations of assault. There was no

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comment on this and he was never arrested. Here, we speak to the

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Archdeacon of Cheltenham. It could be a man boring wolen,

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couldn't it let ``? Yes. We will be one of the first

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dioceses to make a choice lhke this, regarding this decision.

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What are you looking for? We are looking for the very best we

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can find. Women have been able to be elected before, so we think there

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could be a really good chance that we could be appointing one of the

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first women bishops. The Archbishop appointment secretaries will be here

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tonight and they will be appointing our representatives to work with the

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church, regarding the appointment. A decision will be made in Easter next

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year. The final decision will be effectively made by the Prile

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Minister. A ballet class is being run in Bath,

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nothing unusual in that, but this class is aimed

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at people who are over 65. It's to try to encourage people to

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keep up a more active lifestyle Our Bath reporter, Ali Vowlds,

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has been to one of the classes. There may not be a tutu in sight And

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in this class , As for the ballet barre,

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it's the back of the church chair. I'd never done badly in my life not

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even as a child. So I thought I d come.

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A lot of enjoyment and a lot of pleasure. I just enjoy it.

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The classes are funded by the City of Bath College at the nearby

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For these students, it's all about staying fit

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and active and with a few allowances for age, everyone has a go.

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It is so inspiring. There are so many benefits from ballet including

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increased posture and awareness alignment. I'm concentrating!

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It does require an awful lot of concentration,

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And at 93, there's a real ghrlish enthusiasm from the oldest recruit.

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In ballet movements you havd two think. So, I find myself thhnking

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more. All agree they won't be pirouetting pensioners, but for

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different reasons they've jtst got I'm having a go myself. Between us

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we have a combined age of 472. But, we can still do it!

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I want to be a student in that class!

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I want to be a student in that class!

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For many Bath rugby supportdrs it was a 'pinch yourself moment',

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beating one of their fiercest rivals and stopping

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them scoring a single point Bath's 45 ` 0 thrashing of Leicester

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has caused quite a stir in the rugby community.

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The players were back in training today,

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and already focusing on thehr next game, as Alistair Durden reports:

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Even after a victory, there was time set aside thhs

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morning for analysis and for the players to make some improvdments.

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This though was the sort of result to send reverberations

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around the Premiership, as Bath completely dismantldd one

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of their title rivals. It was an incredible result.

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Leicester is such a great shde. Everybody played up to the standards

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that they should have. Leicester are one of those teams

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that can always keep coming back at you. Luckily, we were on thd right

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side of it. you. Luckily, we were on thd right

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side of it. This was the first time that they

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were unable to score a single point against Bath. It was absolutely

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stunning. I actually said bdfore the game that I thought we would load.

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How long can we `` how wrong can I be.

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I took photographs of the scoreboard. They deserve it.

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For many, it showed Bath can be title contenders this year,

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but you won't find any of the players believing th`t yet.

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Which got a lot of hard work to do `` weave. We need to get better this

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week, we are up against Northampton. We will try to take it into this

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week. So an even tougher test next,

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but supporters may linger a little longer on one

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of the finest performances and results they've ever sedn.

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Swindon Town produced the performance of the weekdnd

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They beat Sheffield United 4`2 to move into fourth place,

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Remember, if you missed the goals on Points West over the weekend, the

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Football League Show is avahlable to watch all week on the BBC iPlayer.

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Thousands of you took to the streets in glorious sunshine

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We've been asking you to send in pictures of yourself at the race.

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There is extra footage on otr faith `` Facebook page of this.

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Many of you had very person`l reasons for taking part.

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Congratulations to all of you, whatever your reason.

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Our cameras caught up with some of you along the way!

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My nephew died four years ago. We've been raising money for meningitis.

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He died within an hour of bding diagnosed. We've raised ?350,00 for

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him. We are running for his mum.

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I was struggling but I've done it. I'm so happy.

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This was very tiring. But brilliant! This was the hardest physic`l

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challenge I've ever done. I'm just so glad it's over! Well dond to

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them! We are showing you these pictures of

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the West country. There are still lots of blackberries around. And in

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Bath, there's a lady eating an ice cream! And now, the weather: There

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is a lot of proud around `` cloud around. There are high pressures up

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on Salisbury plain. There are some light winds in the river valleys.

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Head into the countryside and you can see temperatures as low as `3

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Celsius. The sunshine will eventually come through with cloud

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developing. Sunny spells rather than full sunshine. There will bd light

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to moderate winds and temperatures can get up to 18 Celsius. Into

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cheese day and the weather front will sink southwards. By thd time it

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gets to us there will not bd very much rain, but it will be foggy on

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Tuesday night. Behind, the cloud will break and the sunshine will

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come through. In the afternoon sunshine, on Wednesday, the

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temperatures will be in the high teens. 18 Celsius. Much mord in the

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way of cloud on Thursday and it is a similar situation as we go hnto

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Friday. A largely dry week.

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