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Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West. Our headlines tonight,

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jail for a rapper who got caught up -- told she will never work again.

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The woman who claims stress at work ruined her life. I would wake up in

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the morning and be physically sick. Eight years in jail for a Bristol

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rapper macro got caught up in drugs. Also tonight, makeovers at last for

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the hospital wards in Taunton which were built during the war.

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And me and My Shadow, why the leader of a university spent a day

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following one of her students. Good evening. The former managing

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director of Cheltenham Borough Council says she still suffers

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panic attacks, despite winning her case against her ex-employer.

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Christine Laird claimed the atmosphere towards her at work made

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her mentally ill. The council tried and failed to sue her for �1

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million for not telling them she'd previously suffered from depression.

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Today in her first television interview, Christine Laird has been

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talking to our Gloucestershire reporter Steve Knibbs about how

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she's struggling to rebuild her life.

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Running Cheltenham Borough Council was Christine Laird's dream job. It

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came with a salary of �88,000 a year. But she says it quickly

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became a nightmare, through no fault of her own. It's got to the

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point where I would get up in the morning and be physically sick at

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the idea of going to work. I would risk endure my meetings or shaking

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at the thought I might have to have a meeting with particular

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individuals. You are filled with self-doubt and you begin to think,

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"what is it about me that they don't like? What can I do different

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day?" Things got so bad her relationship with the then-leader

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of the council broke down and she tried to take take out an

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injunction against him to stop him coming near her. The case was

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eventually dropped. As the situation became untenable, she was

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suspended and then retired on ill health. The council unsuccessfully

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tried to sue her for �1 million for lying on her application form about

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her mental health. She admits she had suffered from depression in the

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past but was more than capable to taking on such a big role. She told

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me the trial was a "cruel" blow. Part of that trial is still -- were

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so horrific, they accused me of things I did not do, it is a

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nightmare, still to this day. But today the council told us they

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still don't accept responsibility for Mrs Laird's mental breakdown.

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The job of chief executive is quite a stressful and difficult one. If

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somebody comes into a job with a pre-existing condition which makes

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them vulnerable, their job of course may well be that more acute

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-- make that more acute and that I think is what happened. Cheltenham

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Borough Council has been told to pay around �375,000 towards

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Christine Laird's legal costs. She's just become the first person

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in the country to be awarded maximum industrial injuries

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disablement benefits for life because she's been told she'll

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never work again. There were times when I hit rock bottom. I cannot

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think of anything worse than some body with mental illness being

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dragged through court. If I can survive that, then you can survive

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your illness and stick with it. I feel as if I have been a victim of

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a campaign to destroy me. Not just reputation-wise, but it is

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incredibly difficult that I am of so little worth or value as to not

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matter. My mental health matters. She says she still suffers from

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panic attacks. Her long-term prognosis is

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uncertain but having made it this far, she says she'll now focus on

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helping others to overcome the Mental health charities are worried

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that the publicity and huge costs involved in this case may stop

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employers offering people with a history of depression a job.

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Earlier I spoke to Paul Clarke, the director of Bristol Mind and I

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asked him how this whole affair could have been better managed.

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think it importantly highlight the issue of mental health in the

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workplace and one in six people today will be people taking a day

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off through stress or anxiety or depression. That is important but

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it is also important that the right lessons are learned in terms of how

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players manage to workplace environment. It is clearly

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something that has gone wrong in this case. One effect that bosses

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might look at an application form and say that somebody has had

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depression in the past, and they do not want to touch them. As the boss

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of an organisation where 50% of people who work for us have had

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mental health problems directly and somebody who would be included

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would be myself, you might be filtering people out and the people

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will experience that. Christine Laird's case was recruited directly,

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the public were paying their wages, are they not expected to find that

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the person recruited has some very stable and robust mental health?

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think they are entitled to expect that anyone in any post can do

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their job effectively but any of us can be in a post where the

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pressures by an organisation not being run well causes anxiety and

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depression. That can happen right to the senior levels in politics,

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at any level of jobs. If you look at the health the workplace, in

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2009, the top 100 companies in the FT two index, those who had really

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robust mental health systems performs 10% better than

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competitors. Some people sick competing for jobs, writing an

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application form, should they admit having mental health issues?

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should only say people should be honest in any walk of life. It

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saddens me that I know in the current environment, even putting

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that down can cause people who should get jobs to not get jobs and

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that saddens me. Thank you, Paul A well-known musician from Bristol

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has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of

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possession of a firearm and ammunition. Leon Baker was

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described by a judge as extremely talented. The rapper, who has

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worked with the country's top urban music artists, was arrested by

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armed officers during an operation against drug dealers. Our home

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affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie, He's 30 and a talented musician and

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actor, already having performed with the biggest rap artist in the

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UK, Tinie Tempah, and appeared on the television drama, Casualty.

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But tonight Leon Baker is beginning a long prison sentence. He was

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arrested in an armed police operation in Whiteladies Road in

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May. He had this gun and ammunition

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hidden in his boxer shorts. This is an eight millimetre reacted firearm

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and was loaded at the time when it was found on Mr Baker. Clearly,

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very dangerous? Very dangerous. It has been examined and it could

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seriously injure or fatally injure somebody.

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Baker goes by the name of Baker Trouble on stage. He's also

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performed with one of the most successful hip-hop groups in the UK,

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N-Dubz. This clip on his now aptly- named website shows him being

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arrested, not for real but was a mirror for what happened next.

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Jailing Baker, who he described as a talented young man, judge David

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Ticehurst told him, "You were convicted on the clearest of

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evidence. Guns are designed to kill and maim. Those who carry guns can

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expect to be given lengthy prison sentences". We will always treat

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any information to do with the illegal use of firearms very

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seriously and we will put all our resources to deal with it and that

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activity. Avon and Somerset is committed to dealing with firearms

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offences. With Baker in the car was Leon

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Fergus who had earlier pleaded guilty to possessing an ounce of

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cocaine with a street value of �7,500 with intent to supply. He

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was jailed for five years and nine Meanwhile tonight, Baker's once-

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bright musical career has come to You're watching BBC Points West,

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still to come: Even with the latest weather forecast. And find out what

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it takes to clear up at the First though, the inquests into the

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deaths of two young Royal Marines from 40 Commando based near Taunton

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have praised their courage while serving in Afghanistan. Marines

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Steven Birdsall and Richard Hollington both died in hospital in

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Birmingham after injuries sustained in separate insurgent attacks last

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year. John Maguire reports from the Steven Birdsall was guarding Royal

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Engineers as they worked to reinforce protection at a

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checkpoint when he was shot in the head by a single bullet. Today,

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Birmingham's deputy coroner described as "remarkable" the

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effort to transport him to medical help first in Afghanistan and then

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just the next day back in the UK in Birmingham. But the bullet caused

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such a serious injury that he could never have survived. At his inquest

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his family drew some solace from repeated evidence that he hadn't

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suffered. The hearing found he had been unlawfully killed while on

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active service. He was just 20 years old. The come up -- the

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coroner said she wanted to take the unusual step of paying some

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tributes. She described Stephen as an incredibly brave Breen, liked

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and respected who died protecting others -- incredibly brave Marine.

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She had warm words for their quiet dignity. It was a credit to them

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and he was a credit to them as well. 40 Commando endured a tough time in

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the Afghan summer of 2010. Today an officer described how they were

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undermanned until American troops arrived and doubled their numbers.

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Some of the Marines who gave evidence this morning also

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witnessed the explosion that wounded another young colleague,

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Richard Hollington. He had been on foot patrol in the same area in

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Sangin just the day before Marine Birdsall was shot. He died later at

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the same military medical unit in Birmingham as a result of the

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wounds he sustained. At his inquest here, he too was praised for his

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bravery, his professionalism and at A Somerset charity is warning

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others to beware, after a fraudster tried to con them out of �30,000.

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The team at SOS Africa in Shepton Mallet are fundraising for a new

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minibus in South Africa. One expert has told the BBC that charities are

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often being seen as a soft touch. Back to school for Matt Crowcombe

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in South Africa. His charity works to help children in the townships

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here. It's a long way from his office in Shepton Mallet, where he

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received this email from a supposed Italian businessman who wanted to

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donate �30,000. We were obviously a bit sceptical. It is a large sum of

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money. We have not received that sort of donation just yet. We did

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not see any real signs that it was a scam, given that they would write

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as a cheque. But it was a scam. The cheque was

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fake and made out for �60,000, double what was promised. The

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businessman, Francisco, wanted Matt to send half the money back.

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What would you say to Francisco now? I'd ask him for 30,000 and why

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he could do such a thing as well. Matt is not alone.

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Those who investigate these scams say they always increase in a

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recession. Charities are seen as a soft touch. It is seen as a chance

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to exploit their very nature. and his team visit South Africa

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several times a year. If they'd paid out to the fraudsters, this

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one could have been the last. A Somerset hospital is to spend �34

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million replacing wards that date from World War II. The old building

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at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton was meant to be a temporary

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hospital for American soldiers. Now at last much of it is to be

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They built this place in 1942. Then it was called the 67th General

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Hospital and was designed for American servicemen wounded in the

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Second World War. You don't have to look far to see

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that this place is well past its sell-by date. In fact, one

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consultant told me that the fact this still exists shames the 21st

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century NHS. Very excited... Small wonder then the chief

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executive is excited that much of the old building is to be

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demolished and replaced by a new three-storey centre which will

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provide 112 single rooms, all with en suite facilities. It'll cost

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around �34 million and about a third of that is coming in the form

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of a Government loan. We have saved a large proportion of that money

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ourselves and being more efficient and delivering the care we do

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efficiently, we have managed to do that and we have topped it up.

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This is the Queen Mother visiting this old wards of Musgrove back in

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1959, not long after it was taken over by the NHS. Today the beds and

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the staff may have changed. But you can see the buildings haven't. Five

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wards are pretty much as they always were. When we have had a

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heavy winter, we do get some water coming through the ceiling at times

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and things like that. It has been repaired every time I have been

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here for the last 10. Even now, not all these buildings

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are being demolished. Operating theatres and the intensive care

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unit will still be here. But at least the wartime wards will go.

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Rebuilding work should start in the spring and be completed by Autumn

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Joining me now is our health correspondent, Matthew Hill. In

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such a tough economic climate, how has Musgrove Park managed to find

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the money to rebuild? It was one of the first foundation status trusts

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which means it can use savings. Others cannot and any surpluses

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have to be reinvested to other hospitals. It was able to do that

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at a time when growth in the NHS was above inflation. What about

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elsewhere in the West, are the hospital tried to find money to do

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something similar? Yes, there are other projects going on, the

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biggest is the �430 million private finance scheme with a new hospital

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being built at the very moment and also we will have a new children's

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hospital expansion at the BR right to take a more patient there. --

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the Bristol Royal Infirmary. I suspect less will be going on in

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the next few years because we will not get these above-inflation rises

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that we have had in the past. The Vice Chancellor of the

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University of Bath got a taste of student life today. Glynis

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Breakwell was taking part in a new project where senior managers

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shadow students for a day to learn more about what they do. And in

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some cases, the results proved surprising, as Will Glennon found

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out when he joined them. How many of us have thought it'd be

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a good idea for the boss to come down to the shop floor and see how

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things are, what daily life is really like? Well, that's just what

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they're doing here at Bath University. The Vice Chancellor is

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picking up her pencil case, and she's joining a typical student for

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seminars and socialising. Hello, Hanna. It is really nice to see you.

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Students, up early? Well, this one was, meeting before nine in the

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Vice Chancellor's office. How things have changed, and after a

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brief introduction... It was off to the first lesson. The Vice

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chancellor's had quite an academic career, and published 20 books.

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Student days though were a few years ago. Hanna Wade's in her

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fourth year of a languages degree. And a French seminar is today's

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premiere classe, an early tester. Now the Vice Chancellor told me her

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French is a bit rusty so she may have struggled a bit in that

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seminar, the next task is easier though, it's coffee break. Off we

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They're calling this the shadowing project and the whole idea is for

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managers to find out what life is really like for students, and vice

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In my day it was grim and nobody spoke in your lectures and you

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wrote your notes and there was no interaction so this was a totally

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different experience, very much more positive.

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But did the presence of the Vice Chancellor change things? I was a

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bit nervous and the lecturer was a bit nervous as well but ultimately,

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it is a lecture here, it was not any different to how it would

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normally be on any other day and I think it was relatively normal. I

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don't think anything special happened that would not have

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happened any other day. Professor Breakwell says she's

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gained a lot from today. No lie-ins or drinking games. Instead, a real

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feel for what it means to be a student.

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Hanna will get her management experience day sometime next week

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and there are about a dozen or so other students involved in this

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programme, which both sides hope will lead to a greater

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I hope she enjoys the party's tonight!

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In sport, Judd Trump from Bristol is through to the quarter finals of

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the UK Championships in York. Today he beat the three times world

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champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final frame. Despite some quality

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shots it was a game littered with this to take the final frame down

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to the wire. But he missed and Trump was through. Trump now faces

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either John Higgins or Stephen Maguire in the next round and was

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Ronnie has been playing well lately so I was looking forward to the

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game. It was a good game today and the last couple of times it has

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come down to the decider. I think we are roughly at the same level at

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the moment. Any preferences, Maguire or Higgins was back they

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are both good players. I would rather stay away from Higgins

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because he is such a good player but Maguire is exactly the same on

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his day, he can beat anyone. In football, after the excitement

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of drawing Premier League opposition in the FA Cup, Swindon

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are tonight in action in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. They play

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League Two leaders Southend in the southern area semi-final. Swindon

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won the last round after a penalty shootout with AFC Wimbledon. They

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will play either Barnet or I know you are a fan of Strictly

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Come Dancing, just imagine I am Bruce Forsyth! A young dance club

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from Gloucester are still celebrating after beating 17 other

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teams to take the title of the National Supadance Champions. The

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team from dance stars are aged between 9 and 12 and represented

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the South West at Blackpool this weekend. Tonight, they are back

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rehearsing with Jules-who is with I am hiding away because you

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mentioned Strictly Come Dancing and I know it is popular and ball and

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is popular at the moment but that is not where the real stars of

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dance are, this is where they are. These are the Gloucester dance

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stars and they are national champions. I have to say that the

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surroundings may not be that glamourous but their achievements

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are. Look at this, they are as you say recovering from winning and

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winning big. Three medals, loads more medals, individual trophies,

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and then the all-important National Supadance Champions Trophy. These

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guys, most of them, are only 12. The person getting them all in

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shape and their feet in time with the music is this man, John, their

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instructor. How tough was the competition? Extremely tough for

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them. They were up in schools that were far bigger and had all the

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great facilities to train with whereas these guys, they do it

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part-time, they do it twice a week. To take on these schools to do it

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full-time, it is absolutely terrific. What do you think gave

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them the edge? I think it was the desire to win, they wanted it that

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bad that they literally danced their hardest they could do.

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are not full time or well-funded, how do you manage that level of

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success? It is a lot of hard work from myself and my wife to put in

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the work with the kids and to train them to the right standard to take

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on these big schools who have got all the facilities that we have not.

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Congratulations again, John. Thank you very much. I mention the team

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prize but also an individual prize. The individual national champions

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are... They are over here, they keep moving about! This is Elli and

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Mrs James. Congratulations. How did it feel when you were about to

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dance, what went through your mind? Really nerve-racking. I was really

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excited but very pleased when it came first. It was one of the best

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days of my life, really. How does it make you feel to win that?

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everybody was screaming, it was emotional, everybody was crying,

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but I was really happy. James, let us have a quick word with you. What

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was the Dow's you did to win? was the waltz and the quickstep.

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What do you like about that? It is easier and I enjoy the quickstep

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more. You are doing jive tonight, is that difficult was my guess,

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We would like to see you do more dancing, if that is OK. So we will

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go back in there with the jibe. We will leave you with the Police

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-- with the National Supadance They are still going with the

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cameras going. They were fabulous, darlings! We will not ask him in to

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do anything like that, just have a It will be a day tomorrow which for

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the vast majority of us will be dry. It will be a win the affair from

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start to finish with some virtually clear skies and that will be pretty

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typical for the vast majority of the West Country. A different story

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if you're heading abroad. Winter starting to set in further north.

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These are the temperatures you can expect if you are heading off, and

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if you're going to Tunisia, get the sunbed and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt,

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around 27 degrees. Different story here, you will have heard about the

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snow over the northern parts. The win the set-up will be a feature

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for all of us tomorrow but also the showers will not -- the windy set

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up. The Welsh high ground giving us a decent shelter apart from the

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western parts of Somerset. A fair number of showers over part of

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Gloucestershire and now they are becoming more confined to southern

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areas and with time they will fade away. Largely speaking, the night

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will become dry bark some of these showers would continue through the

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Bristol Channel. The winds starts to pick up and it will be a fairly

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chilly story, not as cold as last night and will see the icy patches

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in part of Wiltshire on the road but nonetheless, down to around

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five Celsius but may be below that in sheltered areas. Tomorrow,

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starts with some showers into western districts but they should

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be confined to the west of the M5 motorway and other parts of the

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south-western quarter of Somerset. Elsewhere, virtually clear, blue

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skies and as you can see from the wind speeds it will be windy

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through the middle part of the day and then they tend to ease of as we

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get to was the evening. The hint of blue starting to appear and that is

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because the high pressure starts to edge in. We could see a frost

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forming that that process will then get reversed. Temperatures tomorrow

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up to around nine degrees with a chilly filled with the wind as into

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a -- the wind adding to it. It will mostly be mild compared to what we

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have had recently on Thursday, and then we are back to the chilly set

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up as we go into Friday and Saturday. Saturday looks lovely, a

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I cannot imagine it being 27 degrees anywhere. A reminder that

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our friend Chris is retiring this weekend, his final programme this

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