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Hello and welcome to BBC Points West. In the headlines tonight:

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Relentlessly battered to death: Police reveal new information about

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the woman brutally murdered in North Somerset.

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A human tragedy of unimaginable proportions: How Somalians in the

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West are planning to help the aid effort.

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Also tonight: Library closures in Gloucesterhire could be illegal.

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The High Court halts the cuts pending a full review.

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And the woman falsely imprisoned inside her bank in a row with the

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manager about overdraft charges. Good evening. Police investigating

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the murder of a woman in the North Somerset village of Kewstoke have

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revealed she was battered to death. Julie Tottle was found dead on

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Tuesday, but it is believed she may have been killed several days

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before her body was discovered. This is Julie Tottle, who police

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have confirmed as the victim of the brutal murder. Her body was found

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in her own home here in the small village of Kewstoke. She had

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suffered severe head injuries in what police are calling it a

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sustained attack. 25 miles away, her husband lies in a hospital bed,

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seriously injured. He has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He

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suffered his injuries after falling, or jumping, from the first floor of

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this House. Two days on, the area around the property remains sealed

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off by police. Not even a family and friends, wanting to lay flowers,

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can get close. This is a tight-knit community. The population is 1,500.

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Many people have lived here most of their lives. Many people knew Julie

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Tottle well, the quiet lady who could be seen exercising her a

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horse. She was a nice, quiet girl. She used to ride her horse up the

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road to there. I have lived here newly 50 years. I know that family.

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He does only been today that police have confirmed this is a murder

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inquiry, but that they are not looking for anyone else in

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connection with their investigations. There is much they

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are not saying. What led up to the events here? When did Julie Tottle

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di? Her body was discovered at midday on Tuesday, but there is

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suggested she may have been dead for two or three days before that.

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The police say they may be able to release more information tomorrow.

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Aid workers in the West are preparing to send relief to

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millions of people affected by the worst drought in the Horn of Africa

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for 60 years. 12 million people in Northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia

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and Sudan are being affected by a human tragedy of unimaginable

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proportions. Charities are launching emergency appeals.

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Catherine it is at the Red Cross distribution centre in South

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Gloucestershire. Good evening. evening. This is where some of the

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stuff is stored. We have got tense, that lorries, water purification

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kits, anything they may need. There is a map over here are. Some of the

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images emerging from these arose, aid workers have worked for years

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on different crisis, and say they are amongst the worst they have

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seen. The camp you may have seen on the news, 1,300 people in Eastern

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Kenya arriving every day. Some of them dying as soon as they get

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there before anyone can help them. With meat is John from the Red

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Cross. You know this area very well. Are you surprised by some of the

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pictures we are seeing? No, it has been on the cards that drought has

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been ongoing for a long time, exasperated by the security

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situation in various countries. It will only be a matter of time

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before the images came to reality. Last week you retire to Oxfam from

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36 years. Have you ever seen anything on this scale before,

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Peter? Yes and No macro. It is getting worse. There has been

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indications for some months that things are been getting worse.

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Unless the international community acts quickly, we will see the worst

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situation we have ever seen. People in the Somali community in Bristol

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say they have seen this coming for a long time. Earlier, I spoke to

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the Somali Forum. Almost everyone in Bristol is affected, who have

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family or friends there. It is very devastating. We have not got any

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organised fund-raising programme. We are just giving small donations

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from our pockets. Tomorrow, we will have a short-term

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Points West because we will have an appeal.

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A judge said plans to cut library services in Gloucestershire could

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be illegal. Campaigners had taken their fight to the High Court. This

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afternoon, they want the right to a full judicial review, and an order

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that no more cuts to be made in the meantime. Our political editor

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reports. The a queued in the rain to get in.

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These campaigners have fought for months. They had sprung into action

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when Gloucestershire County Council had announced it would stop funding

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10 libraries. They protested, but councillors pressed ahead,

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insisting they had to save millions. So they turn to the law. First,

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they got an injunction to halt the cuts. A judge gave them a two day

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judicial review. We would try not to prejudge the outcome. There are

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many more people at home in Gloucestershire who are eagerly

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awaiting the outcome. We are very pleased with today's judgment, for

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the many people in Gloucestershire who rely on libraries, for people

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in care homes and a single mothers who need a quiet space for their

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children to do their homework. This evening, the leader of the

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council faced at the media. positive news is that the judge

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recognised that the council is facing tough economic challenges,

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and it does not take that into account. The second issue is that

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we have been given the green light to continue talking to communities.

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We will be doing that over the coming months.

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In court, the judge was clear, on three different points of law, cuts

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to libraries may be wrong. The Politics Show will be looking

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at the significance of today's Rawling at 11am on a Sunday.

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You're watching Thursday's Points West with Chris and Alex. It's good

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to have you with us. Coming up in tonight's programme:

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How young and old are coming together to work on a special

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project helping those with early dementia.

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And come on Bris! We catch up with the so-called hard men of sport as

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they sidestep a shower in Somerset. A woman held hostage by her bank

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manager has won her claim for unlawful imprisonment. Josie Lewis

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went to the HSBC in Wootton Bassett to discuss her overdraft charges,

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but when she wanted to leave, the manager stop her. It was not until

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other staff heard her cries. Josie Lewis has had a hard fight

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with HSBC. It started with overdraft charges that were being

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piled on and on even though she cannot pay. Almost �300 a month at

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times. The bank also chased their every day with phone calls.

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matter how hard I tried to reduce my overdraft, I could not have got

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myself back in the black again. I was scared to pick up the phone.

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With the problems I have experienced, I can see how someone

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can get suicidal over dead. Josie Lewis went to her branch for

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a meeting with her manager at Christopher Hicks. He was very

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specific about locking the door, and I queried why he locked the

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door. He said, we do not want anybody barging in. He then told me

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he could not stop the bank charges, but I knew he code. I told him I

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was going, but then he blocked the door. I stood there, and asked him

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if he would let me out. Two members of the staff came in behind the

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counter. Laid two said she was holed for 30

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minutes. -- Josie Lewis said she was holed. The judge at Swindon

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County Court ruled that Josie Lewis had been unlawfully imprisoned, and

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had been harassed by phone calls, something against the bank's

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contract. I spoke to HSBC who told me that it was not Christopher

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Hicks's finest hour, but he still retains his job.

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HSBC say they regret the way they dealt with Josie Lewis, and

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apologise for the stress caused. The court orders to have done

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pounds-worth of the charges to be refunded to Josie Lewis. -- �2,000

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worth. In other news, the police have seized a car as part of a

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murder investigation in Bristol. 21-year-old Rico Gordon, from

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London, was killed early on Sunday morning on Stapleton Road in Easton.

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Two cousins from Gloucestershire have been sentenced to a total of

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16 years in prison, after burying cocaine with a street value of

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�2,000. 41-year-old Stuart Devlin and 43-year-old Paul Mann were

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caught by the police, having recovered the drugs from woodlands

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in Edge. Devlin then drove off to escape capture and flipped their

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car onto its roof. Both men had admitted a charge of conspiracy to

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supply cocaine at an earlier hearing. Devlin, who had denied a

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separate charge of dangerous driving, was sentenced to eleven

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and a half years in prison, Mann to four and a half.

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The MoD confirmed today it will close three sites near Bath. 1,400

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people employed in Ensleigh, Foxhill and Warminster Road will

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relocate to Abbey Wood near Bristol. The moves will begin next autumn

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and are expected to be completed by March 2013. The Department hopes to

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save nearly �40 million from the closures.

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A new way of capturing the memories of dementia patients is being used

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in Somerset. Film students from Bridgwater are making DVDs with

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people before the condition takes a serious hold, meaning they have a

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true record of their personality and identity. Here is our health

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correspondent with his final report in our series on Dementia.

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Everyone has a story, but for Reyes, the memories of his life's passion

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cricket, but capturing them on video means he cannot relive them.

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My father introduced me to cricket when he came home on leave. I

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always went to the cricket. I was a member for a while.

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Residents of Somerset care were captured on film by students. The

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idea is being evaluated by Exeter University to find out if this is

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therapeutic. You could tell it really helped restore. The aim of

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the project was so that he could remember things he had forgotten,

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and even asking him questions, he would remember things. From that,

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he started to talk about more things, and you could tell it

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really helped him. * retailing is been encouraged

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throughout Somerset's care. By the is one of 20 residence to have

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contributed their experience to a Aztec one with a German aircraft

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but it went right through the town where I left. It was quite exciting

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at the time. It is thought that being unable to recall memories is

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a main cause of agitation in dementia sufferers. If this too

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will prove successful, it may be the case that stories become a

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mainstream therapy. Joining us is the Chief Executive

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of Somerset Care, Andrew Larpent. You've led this story-telling

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project. How important has it been? Is that the process of the patient

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doing the remembering in the first place, or is it more than that? Do

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you use the video with them later? We use it in lot of ways. It is the

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experience of creating the video that really helps to remind people

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of their lives they have led up and also the people around them, the

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stories of the lives they have led. Families and students are then able

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to have conversations with the person about things that have

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happened in their lives. It helps with the whole process of dignity

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and person who'd and keeping the personality alive. After the memory

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has faded completely in some cases. It is interesting were the

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inspiration came from. It came from a number of cases. The experience

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we had with Harry patched who be looked after for 12 years. If you

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remember, he left his story into his Lydon's decade. He became a

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celebrity after he was 100 years old, an extraordinary phenomenon.

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It came about through a neighbour of mine, and we watched the

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Experience of an older lady whose daughter lived in Sydney in

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Australia, and she created for her mother and DVD about her mother's

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life for her 90th birthday. Her mother what's that the media every

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day of her life. That very process of returning to it has been

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efficacious. Do you think it really slows the decline. Anything we can

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do, if we recognise the treatment of dementia is not a medical

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intervention that we need but a social intervention, to help people

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retain whatever memory they have left. To help them retain their

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dignity and self-respect. The five-time Olympic Gold

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Medallist Sir Steve Redgrave has been in Swindon today to promote

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sport. He's an ambassador for 'Sporting Promise' which, through a

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commercial partnership, aims to increase the participation in sport

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in 3,000 schools across the country. Geoff Twentyman went along to see

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what the initiative is all about. It's not every day one of the

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finest Olympians of all time addresses your school assembly.

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That was the way this particular Thursday started for the puplis at

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Haydonleigh Primary School. Can I be part of your grip? That was a

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good catch! Sometimes schools can only option

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if you opt activities, so the more we can move around in the more we

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can be involved in, the more great champions can come out of it, but

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it is about health and well-being and self-esteem and confidence.

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There are several partners in this collaboration. High street store

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Matalan and the Youth Sports Trust have developed a programme where an

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overall development is key. Budgets are tight, so anything that comes

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for free is a bonus to us, so we support anything that supports us.

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It supports the children to gain new skills and lead healthy lives.

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Yes, they develop the child through p, but it affects the child

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emotionally and physically as well. 6'4" Redgrave towered over the

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youngsters and he certainly made a giant-like impression. It is quite

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exciting because we have never had as famous a person as in here.

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you know what he has achieved? Olympic gold medals. Are you

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enjoying sporting promise? Yes. It is about making children fitter and

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more healthy. The plan is to have 15,000 specially trained teachers

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in 3,000 schools. Healthy happy pupils is the aim, unearthing

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another Sir Steven Redgrave would be a bonus.

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Now what's the phrase: no pain, no gain? Bristol Rugby club's players

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are three weeks into their pre- season preparation but have had few

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days as tough as this. Their new head coach has brought in a former

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army fitness instructor this week to get his players toughened up for

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the new Championship season. So this is what they mean by

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pulling together. These are the hard yards that should make playing

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rugby the easy bit for Bristol. The logs weigh over 100 kilos, the

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players hauling them up and down the Mendip hills. The drills aren't

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just designed to exhaust, but to foster team spirit ahead of the new

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season. That's what the whole season is about, working together.

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All the boys are working hard. Things like this are made to break

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people but the boys are sticking together. Kicking a few people up

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the backside it is part of the fun of it. At the end of the day the

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enjoy it. The club has a new head coach in Liam Middleton, and nine

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new players. They will be starting outside of the Premiership for the

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third here in a row, so there is plenty of room for improvement. The

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only finished 8th last season after an uphill struggle. What we would

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can -- consider to be reasonable would be to finish in the top six

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and they can then fatally into the play-offs. That is the plan at the

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moment. Our target is to win every game we play. It's a third year in

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a row outside of the Premiership, and there's plenty of room for

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There are still eight weeks until the season starts. It wont all be

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like this. Their first warm-up game is in Biarritz next month, where

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Bristol's hard men hopefully won't have to hide to escape the Great

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British weather. From the sporting arena to the

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theatrical arena now, and a production of Treasure Island with

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a difference. Now many of you will know that the Bristol Old Vic is

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closed for a big refurbishment. But that hasn't deterred theatre bosses

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from putting on an ambitious production of the pirate adventure.

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And just like the sea-faring cast, the audience had to be prepared for

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all weathers too. Imogen Sellers has more.

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What does a theatre do when it is undergoing a major transformation?

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It brings the stayed outside. That is what happened here at the

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Bristol Old Vic for their production of Treasure Island. This

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stage takes up nine parking spaces and we have made managed to

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incorporate a street light into the set.

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But not even the theatre is exempt from parking charges. The stage is

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costing them �28 a day. However, in British summertime, that's the

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least of their worries. What are the biggest challenge is of

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something like this? The weather, basically. We had a fantastic week

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putting the said together, but yesterday and the day before, when

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we were rehearsing, it poured down with rain. It is good that it

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happens because everyone has to get used to it. So far, so good during

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today's dress rehearsal. The 50 foot ship has been built right up

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against the faade of the theatre, and actors access the stage through

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the first floor windows. Performing outside adds to the adventure. We

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really hope the audience takes part wholeheartedly. 20 minutes in and

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the heavens opened, But with true English stiff upper lip the invited

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audience braved it out, even me! audiences come with the rain proofs

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-- raincoats and waterproofs, they will enjoy the experience.

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production opens to the public next week and runs until the end of

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August, and the Old Vic is of course hoping, whatever the weather,

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the show will hit the spot with audiences - marked with an X of

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A brass band from Bath has made it through to the finals of a national

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music competition for the second year in a row. Brass Tacks, which

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is made up of more than fifty young musicians from across Bath and

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North East Somerset, performed to the lunchtime crowds in Centenary

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Square in Birmingham ahead of this afternoon's competition. There were

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73 more regional heats and the band are down to the last six - good

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luck to them! A Somerset meadow which claims to

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host the largest collection of wild flowers in the UK will be open to

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the public from this weekend. More than two acres of derelict farmland

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was renovated by the owners of Barcroft Hall Estate in South

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Petherton. The field now houses around 57 different varieties of

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wild flowers from around the world and is a haven for bees and

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butterflies. Now, just before we go to the

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weather, one of our MPs has been speaking in the Commons about the

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need to wear more jumpers. James Gray, the MP for North Wiltshire,

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said Government buildings were too warm so civil servants all sat in

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their offices with their jackets off. Instead, he said, to save

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money, the temperature should be turned down so people feel cold

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enough to put a jumper on instead. Talking of temperature, we moved to

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A number of Third this trick stuck under a fair amount of rain today.

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These pictures taken earlier today, some downpours. Let's return to the

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graphics, and they will show you a reason why that happened. As we saw,

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this line of showers taking root in this area. Wins converging up the

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peninsula here. A breezy day for all of us with further showers to

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come. The reason for this is the area of low pressure still spinning

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around. Running behind that in the later stages of tonight is another

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area of rain. Showers continuing with sunny spells. The rest of the

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evening, the most part the showers will be dying away. After midnight,

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the wind picks up significantly, with gusts of 45 mph. By 5pm

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tomorrow, temperatures will have dropped to 12 Celsius. First thing

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tomorrow, the band of rain goes to the east. Things brighten up behind

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it, and some of you will miss the showers completely. Some of the

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showers will be pretty heady with even a room or two of thunder. --

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rumble. Pembridge has got to 19 Celsius. Beyond that, improvement

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taking place over the weekend, with showers becoming less of a feature

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