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in In Points West: a second night of violence on the streets. Rioting

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in breaks out in a Gloucester and extra police are called in to

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protect homes and businesses. have had everything taken away from

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us. The family of Anni Dewani and are delighted that her husband will

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be sent to South Africa to face trial for her murder. And find out

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what this supercar has in common with hot air ballooning.

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The top man at Gloucestershire police cut short his holiday and

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took to the streets today after the violence that's blighted Britain

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spread West again. Windows were smashed and a shop was looted in

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Gloucester town centre. Bristol was quieter, but the trouble across the

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West has the police at full stretch. With the first of our reports,

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here's Steve Knibbs. With no apparent shame, some of

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those involved and that Gloucester riots last night pose for the

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camera. Around 50-60 rioters fought running battles with the police. So

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incensed was the chief constable of Gloucester, he cut short his

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holiday to see the damage for himself. He told me his officers

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will make sure those responsible are brought to justice. The is are

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people who have come onto the streets, committed criminal acts

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and the only premises and people they are hurting other people in

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this community. It is very disappointing. We want to make sure

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the streets are safe and people who commit these crimes will be

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arrested. It has not taken long. For too long people have been

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arrested so far, some as young as 14. -- 20 people. This morning at's

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clean-up operation was swift. Apart from the burnt-out shell of a

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building, there were very few signs left of the trouble, but what was

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left was an go. You have got these little kids breaking down people's

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businesses. This is a good community. Whoever is doing this,

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they are sick idiot's. This cafe was targeted last night. It is a

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focal point of the community. Inside today there was a contrast

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to the young people involved in last night's violence. The song

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they are singing is about their life on Barton Street and how nice

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it is. It is all about living here and it is a sharp contrast to what

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is going on and we have to remain positive. This is our future. These

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are away young people and they are fantastic. In Bristol the streets

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were quieter in most places. There were small pockets of violence and

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a minibus was set alight. The police say their policy of breaking

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up groups of young people as they gathered had worked.

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Well the trouble's already cost some shops thousands of pounds in

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damage. Bars and restaurants are also taking a hit as customers

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avoid the city centre and stay in at night. Laura Lyon has been

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investigating the financial impact on Bristol businesses.

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Smash and grab. In the early hours of this morning it looked as

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climbed into the salon and stole thousands of pounds-worth of hand-

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made jewellery and hair products. They even took the owner's scissors.

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I am working hard to get this business up and running. I have had

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to cancel clients but the next couple of days. I have insurance,

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but the window is not in short and neither is my time and a but.

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is adding up the cost of the damage. Others are paying up front to

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prevent costly damage later and it is when the shops close the city

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falls quiet. A couple of weeks ago at this place was fought with

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thousands of people enjoying a local festival. What has changed

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this week is that with the fear of violence, these -- this area is

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quieter during the evening. It has been quiet and it will impact on

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smaller independent businesses which are finding it hard to make a

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living in the economic climate as it is. For some, the violence have

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brought so much any Business, stop had been working around the clock.

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We have got extra men in and we are running out of suppliers. It is

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hard. The uncertainty over whether the violence will continue it may

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make it weeks before the overall cost to the local economy is known.

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent has been to the magistrates' court this

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morning where some of those arrested during the riots had been

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dealt with. Who are these people? First up was a man called Michael

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Coffey. He is 47-year-old from Bristol. He was arrested on Monday

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night during a disturbance. He is accused of violent disorder. He has

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said that he threw two bottles at police officers. He did not enter a

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plea, but he was remanded in custody to a pair again. The second

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defendant was a 17-year-old college student. He also was accused of

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violent disorder and assaulting a police officer. We were told at the

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hearing that he had an excellent academic record. He was arrested in

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a separate incident during which a rock was allegedly thrown at a

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police van, injuring a police officer. He went -- he has pleaded

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not guilty and has been remanded in custody.

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This must be putting a huge pressure on the police?

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Yes, there is no doubt about it. I had been talking to the Assistant

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Chief Constable in Avon and he said that extra officers will be drafted

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in. He says his officers are committed and he was critical of

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those causing the damage in Bristol. What we are talking about here are

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criminals and Fox and the behaviour of these people quite plainly shows

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they have little regard for other people's lives and their safety.

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Little regard for their property and quite often have little regard

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for the damage they are doing to communities. We heard this

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afternoon that the police have put a disperse for order in a part of

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Gloucester. What is that? From tomorrow

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afternoon at 12 o'clock there will be a disposal order. It means that

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a group of more than two people can be removed from their area if it is

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deemed they are threatening. So, why are so many people taking

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to the street and behaving like this? We are joined by Dr Eldin

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Fahmy, a lecturer at the University of Bristol. What do you think is

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causing all this violence and disorder? These are obviously

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complex phenomenon, but it is important to recognise that the

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historical records show that unfortunately, while letting is a

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predictable consequence of deep rooted and persistent disadvantage.

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Lack of opportunities, chronic unemployment and poverty and

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inequality are all associated with brick causes of the kind of

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disorders we are seeing today. if it is your street, Your Business

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under attack, there is little compassion from the ordinary person

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on the street towards the rioters. Yes. Clearly, no-one would condone

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that kind of behaviour we have been seeing, but if we are two really

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tackle these problems, we need to understand the nature of the

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problem. We need to understand the underlying causes of the disorder.

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So although it is very easy to simply dismissed this as criminal

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behaviour, and clearly looting, arson and criminal damage our

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criminal behaviour, we need to try and understand why people are doing

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this if we are to prevent it in the future. I understand you are saying

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is a lot of disadvantage and people are doing this because they feel

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they are not getting anywhere, but people have struggled in the past.

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They have not turned to this complete disrespect. Well, we need

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to bear in mind the Blizzard history of the recession, the

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effects of the spending cuts. In the past when we've have seen deep

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recession, like the 1980s, there were equivalent social disorders

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throughout the UK. In that respect, this is not entirely without

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President. There is, unfortunately, as strong association between

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persistent disadvantage and disorder. Very interesting

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conclusions there. Thank you for joining us. You are watching Points

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West. Still to come: out at the first hurdle - no cup run this year

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for Yoda or Cheltenham. And what chance blue skies for the start of

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the Balloon Fiesta? We will have the forecast later. First, at judge

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decided today that the -- Bristol Business none a accused of

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murdering his wife can be extradited to South Africa. Shrien

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Dewani's lawyer it said that he was too ill to travel, but the judge

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overruled it. Anni Dewani's arrived at court and

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was relieved to find out that her brother-in-law was being extradited.

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Getting this decision to date, at least we will get somewhere and I

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think Anni will not rest in peace until all of this is over.

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couple were on honeymoon in South Africa when their car was hijacked.

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Shrien Dewani was dragged from the car and his wife was found dead the

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next day. The South African authorities say that he paints a

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hitman to kill his wife and it is important he returns to face the

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charges. Many South Africans feel there credibility and justice

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system is at stake. A at Woolwich Crown Court the judge said that

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either Shrien Dewani had helped arrange the murder of his new wife

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or he himself was the victim of the most terrible tragedy. Which one

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will now be decided in a South African court. The strain of the

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last nine months were clear today. Suffering from depression and post-

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traumatic stress disorder, conditions he will need to recover

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from before he pleads. The judge said there was a serious risk that

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he would harm himself, but there was a strong public interest that

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he faced the charges. Shrien Dewani will travel back to the secure Unit

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where he is checked by stop every 15 minutes. It will be months

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before he actually goes back to South Africa and there will

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probably be appeals in the interim. There was a disturbance at a young

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offenders Institute near Bristol last night. Serco, which runs HMP

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Ashfield, says some boys refused to go to their rooms and started fires

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in the building. The company says some minor damage had been

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caused,but the situation had been contained and the centre was secure.

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Another care home run by the Castlebeck Group has closed in

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Bristol. It comes after Panorama filmed mistreatment at a separate

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facility earlier this year. Four staff have been suspended here at

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Rose Villa and the government regulator said recently it had

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serious concerns about the home. Castlebeck insisted it was closing

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voluntarily for operational reasons. It's just a year since construction

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began on Bristol's �400 million super-hospital in Southmead and the

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building is already taking shape. So, too, are plans to work in

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partnership with its historic rival down the road, the BRI. Our Health

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Correspondent Matthew Hill has been for a look around what will become

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hospital wards and operating theatres. The plans for this scheme

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that will cost around �37 million annually for the next three decades

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have been on the drawing board for many years. There have been complex

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financial negotiations. That vision has now become a seven-storey

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reality. In just a few years' time, this hospital will have 800 beds

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and will be treating half a million patients every year. It is designed

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so that one nerds can see for patients at any one time. Three-

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quarters of the beds are in single rooms with their own bathrooms.

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Just four miles away from Southmead the University Hospital Bristol is

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a separate trust, but these days both organisations are working more

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closely together in partnership to try and make sure that services are

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not duplicated. Part of the plan is to leave all urological operations

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to Southmead. This unit already renews more prostates using robotic

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surgery than any other in the country. There are cost effective

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reasons for this. It is easier to treat patients on one site and

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makes it more accessible. By up could a merger with the trust that

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runs the BRI be on the cards? I obtained these minutes that say

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that much work has been undertaken behind the scenes in respect of a

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possible merger. Both trust boards were supportive of the merger, but

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there was a difference of opinion regarding timescale. But today it

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supply's boss said a merger was not an immediate prospect. We are

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working closer than we ever have before to see how the best provide

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services for our population. So where it makes sense for us to be

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working in a joint up way to provide services in Bristol, we

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will continue to do that. However the future looks, one thing is

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certain - Bristol will soon have one of the best designed and

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largest hospitals in the country. If you were up early you would have

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seen them in the skies again - eight hot air balloons rising

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through the Bristol skyline. And it can only mean one thing - the

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Balloon Fiesta is here again and this year is rather special for the

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company that makes most of them as Cameron Balloons is forty. Have you

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ever wondered why the west country is so big on ballooning?

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The transformation from a field to Fiesta village is almost complete.

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Although now need is 100 balloons. Many of them are made by Cameron

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Balloons who make 40% of the well's hot air balloons. Here is one they

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made earlier. So why are we so good at this? Well, we have a vital

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skills that are needed. First of all, Whicker weaving and secondly,

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high-tech precision Engineering. They'd call this the area will

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attend. It is extraordinary. It is the plaything of petrol heads.

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Precision engineering. It looks extraordinary, but what does it

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drive like? Well, don't ask me. have never driven anything that

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accelerate so fast. It is so quick, it can destroy your face. They love

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that clipped hair. This is the Somerset workshop that nearly

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ripped Jeremy Clarkson's face-off. People come through the door and it

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is the first thing they do. Simon leads the team here and today he

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has a guest. There are a hi-tech bits in the balloon and some

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interesting hand craft. As they tour, both men and discover balloon

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of manufacturing is more like making a fast car and you would

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think. We do things that a lot of manufacturers cannot do. There is

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not a robot in the world that can weld like our guide Brian. He has

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been doing it for 40 years. There are a lot of IT businesses in

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Somerset and we make the fastest accelerating car in the world. We

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don't wander around with bits of straw between their teeth! I fancy

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doing a swap. How about you both give each other a right in your toy

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and at the end I want you to confess what used secretly envy.

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Excellent! The layers of white South Somerset are no match for Top

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gear and to preserve Les's face, Simon Mensing and a helmet. The

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acceleration of this vehicle is astounding. It has got speed like

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you have never seen before in your life. This is like a rocket. This

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is the greatest fun you can have with your close on! Well, they

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still had their clothes on, so how would the floaty bullying compare?

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First Floor, haberdashery. One of the interesting things about this

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is the randomness. We were supposed to be going that way, but now we

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are going this way. You have to be reactive and proactive. There are a

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lot of indicators that tell you what is happening and if you do not

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take note of then, you will end up in trouble. It is a bit like

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Business really. For all I know, Les is still floating somewhere

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over Somerset, handing out Business tips. For those on the ground,

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there are some practical things to remember. Clifton Suspension Bridge

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will be closed and there are some bus services laid on as well. The

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Fiesta itself is totally free. Now all this place needs is the right

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kind of weather. Will they get it? We will find out in a few minutes'

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time. Football, and Bristol Rovers League

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Cup match against Watford has been called off after advice from the

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police. Bristol City's game with Swindon was postponed yesterday for

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the same reason. But two ties did go ahead, only to see Yeovil and

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Cheltenham going out of the competition.

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A year ago today, former Yeovil & Exeter striker Adam Stansfield died

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of bowel cancer. Both sets of players and supporters paid their

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tributes before the game. After a goaless first half, Exeter took the

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lead with a goal from Guillem Bauza. And a second right at the end

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confirmed Yeovil's exit at the first round stage for the fifth

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time in six years. Cheltenham took the lead against league one MK Dons

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- Luke Summerfield's goal threatened an upset. But they

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failed to take further chances and once the Dons got level, the game

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slipped away from the home side. had them by the throat and we did

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not score a couple of goals we should have. Then the equalisers

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just took everything out of us. They will need to sharpen up fast -

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Swindon Town are next up at the Abbey Business Stadium this weekend.

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Three months after his sensational run at the World Snooker

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Championships, Bristol's Judd Trump is into another final. He's come

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through six rounds at the world ranking tournament being held at

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the South West Snooker Academy in Quedegley. All of the world's top

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players are there, and the 21-year- old is hoping to get his new season

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off to a good start. I did not start off to great. I didn't really

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practise for the first couple of tournaments. Now I am back

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practising and I have not done too badly so far. All the top players

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are in it and the conditions are fantastic. The prize money is not

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as good as the other tournaments further. We are hoping for some

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great weather for the balloon fiesta, but it is not looking great.

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There will be Cabinet's attached to this and it is early still

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Wednesday. -- cabbie at. As the graphics suggest, it is not looking

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pretty. There will be spells of rain during the Fiesta. We will

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have some breezy weather as well with some windows of opportunity

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coming along, especially on Sunday. Tomorrow, the gates open at 12

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o'clock. The winds will be quite gusty, but it will moderate during

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the evening. The showers here will be a feature tomorrow morning.

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There will be a lot of rain, but it will dry out in the afternoon.

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There will be a fair amount of cloud. This area of low pressure

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has brought a lot of rain. We will see an improvement due in the

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afternoon, but it will remain very easy. Quite a bit of cloud tonight.

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-- tomorrow night. A cold front will slip its way in and they could

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be a rumble of thunder. Dash back if they could be. -- if they could

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be a rumble of thunder. It is to walk fairly warm -- it is still

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