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Good evening and welcome to Points West. Our Headlines tonight...

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The dangers of drinking too much. With the festive celebrations well

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underway - we hear how too much alcohol can ruin lives.

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The heartfelt thanks for two lives saved - doctors deliver a baby and

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remove a rare tumour from his Mum. Running out of beds - the region's

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homeless shelters tell us they turning people away.

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And the former Bristol City and Yeovil Town boss gives us his

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predictions for the festive fixtures.

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Good evening. Police forces across the West are on standby to deal

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with any disorder in our towns and cities as they prepare for the

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first busy night of the festive season. They remain vigilant on our

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roads too, with some forces already reporting an increase in the number

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of drink-drive arrests. So, while most of us like to enjoy a drink at

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Christmas-time, there's a warning tonight that too much alcohol could

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ruin lives. Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve

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Knibbs. Tis the season to be jolly, but it

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seems some people take merry Christmas a bit too literally. The

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drinking culture right across the UK doesn't appear to be getting any

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better Studies are showing drink is having a more damaging effect than

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ever before. We should be very worried about alcohol. It is a

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massive cause of damage and calm. Four people between 15 and 60,

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alcohol is the biggest problem of health problems in the UK, more

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than smoking, rogue traffic accidents or cancer. The latest

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drink-drive figures for the region don't make good reading either...

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Arrests are up in both Wiltshire and Dorset. Avon and Somerset have

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arrested 51 drivers this month and with 43 arrests in Gloucestershire

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in just the last week And it seems that the party season also brings

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with it a new level irresponsibility. Gloucestershire

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County Council said today they know of some parents who put their

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children into care just so they can go partying on New Year's Eve.

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talk and the frontline social workers and they will tell you

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there are some parents around that frankly, just the social care as an

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excuse to take the children off their hands to go and do other

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things. And at Christmas there, is a temptation to drink more than

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ever in the spirit of celebration. Alcohol charities tell me that

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they'll take more calls in the new year as people take a decision to

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tackle their drinking. I have spoken to people and they drink to

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forget. When you drink alcohol it is eight to present, and you get

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lower. Below you grow the more you want to drink and it attaches

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itself. -- the lower you go. Although most of us drink

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responsibly, there is still a warning to make sure that it is a

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Christmas to cheer and not one to regret.

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We're joined by TV presenter Mike Dilger. He's in the middle of

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making a film for Inside Out West and the One Show about alcohol. As

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part of the programme, you're giving up drink for the whole of

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December, including Christmas. How's it going? It is a dry

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December, not a drop of alcohol. It has been an interesting experience.

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It has been difficult in parts. Friday and Saturday night is quite

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difficult. I am not one of those people who used to bring a huge

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amount every weekend but I have found the problem is, I drink quite

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a lot of red wine at home. Tarting up with a doctor at the start of

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this project, I found that I was drinking, and I consider myself a

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moderate drinker, above the legal limit. 30 units was on average what

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I was drinking. I lot of people at home would be surprised. There is a

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serious side about the law and order aspic. You went out with the

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police, didn't you? It has been a fascinating experience. I have had

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an opportunity to interview alcoholics and people who have

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given up drinking. I went out on a Saturday night in Bristol and at

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about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, after a night out, Corn Street and

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Park Street were places to be avoided. It was astonishing the

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amount of running a brown going on. There were fights that we filmed.

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There were people running around with very little clothing on,

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terribly inebriated. I am worried for people add their. The police

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really have to try and maintain law and order. The are picking up

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drink-drivers at those times? went out with police when they were

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doing drink driving stops. The police were delighted to say, not a

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single person out of the 200 stopped had been drinking and

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driving. I understand the figures are going about the minute. People

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really must not do it, it is so dangerous. Christmas for you, no

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alcohol, Sherry at midnight on New Year? I am not entirely sure if I

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can have sherry trifle or brandy butter! On New year's Eve, I will

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have a couple of beers. You'll find out how I got on on the one show.

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Well here's a story that'll lift your hearts this Christmas - a

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mother from Gloucestershire with a rare tumour who's life was saved by

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surgeons in Oxford just days after her baby son was delivered safely.

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Susannah McKenzie was diagnosed with the potentially fatal heart

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tumour while she was pregnant. They think it's the first case of its

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kind in the UK. It took 40 specialists at the John Radcliffe

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Hospital to bring baby Felix safely into the world and make sure Mum

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would be there to take care of him. Susannah McKenzie from Gloucester

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should knows she and her son are extremely lucky. Doctors picked up

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a heart murmur and on closer inspection, they discovered she had

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a rare tumour which could obstruct her hard and be fatal. She needed

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urgent surgery, but that meant Felix, who was due on Christmas Day,

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had to be delivered eight weeks early. I was really scared but they

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were very reassuring. It is what they do, it is their job. I had a

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lot of confidence in what was going to happen. I always knew it was

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going to be hard. At 32 weeks she had a Caesarean section. A large

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team of specialists were on hand with up to 25 people in the

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operating theatre at any one time. It was a very dangerous situation.

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If she went into labour and started to try and push the baby art, it

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was almost certain the tumour would obstruct the and left side of her

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heart. We had to plan to take the baby out when it was saved at 32

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weeks and then removed the hearty humour as soon as possible

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afterwards. Just five days after giving birth, Susanna underwent

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heart surgery to remove the tumour. The cardiologist says it is

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extremely unusual for someone so young to have this type of tumour,

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particularly during pregnancy. is maybe the first time we have had

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this combination of problems in England. There are a handful of

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Keys reports worldwide. There is no report of English women having a

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Toome or in their hard during pregnancy before. This is extremely

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rare. -- too much. Back at home, mother and baby are doing well.

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am hugely relieved and grateful and in all of all the people from

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midwives to nurses and doctors. It's Amanda and Sabet with you,

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this Christmas Eve Eve. A warm welcome to any new viewers from

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across the country who might be staying with family and friends

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here in the West. Yes, we'll have a full festive forecast for you a bit

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later. We are going to be conducting a scientific experiment

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to find it if there is a genetic reason why you should never have to

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eat Brussels sprouts. With the number of homeless people

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reported to be on the rise, one night shelter in Bath says it's the

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busiest it's been for many years. Julian House has been full for many

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months now, and every night staff have to turn people away. They say

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the surge in demand for beds coincides with a cut in homeless

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services this year, putting pressure on volunteers.

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Mitch has been homeless for 15 years. He says after divorcing his

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wife, he lost his job, and was left with nothing. He's spent the last

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few Christmases here at Julian House, a night shelter in Bath.

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This is the dining area, where we have our food. There is plenty to

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drink, like coffee and tea. What have we got to eat today? That

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looks nice! 7pm and doors open. Every night at Christmas time, it's

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a rush for beds. This year is no different. It is not oat cuisine,

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but it's good... For �3.50 a night, those staying

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here receive a cooked dinner, breakfast and a roof over their

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heads - something of a necessity as the winter sets in. I live here.

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There's a guy over there, snores all night. Basically, we are

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comfortable, we get fed. It's a place to come right now and we get

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a bit of support from people down here and it is better than being

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out on the streets. This is the male dormitory. There are 13 proper

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beds and five temporary mattresses. One evening Fergus when we are full

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of. We could have up to 18 men. There is another room for the

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female clients. Many of those who come here have no family, and this

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time of year can be very difficult for them. Shekinah -- Gillian

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Howarth Kris Meeke security, food and a warm bed and my friends. --

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Julian House. If it was not for my friends, I would be crying.

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Literally, we are on the door and we get some nice coffee. As the

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donations pour in, it's thanks to dedicated volunteers that Julian

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House stays open over Christmas, giving those who have nothing

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something to wake up to on Christmas morning.

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A West Choir has been given the honour of performing at a

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prestigious event in New York. The Euphoria Show Choir, which

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rehearses at Backwell near Bristol, was talent-spotted and asked to

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perform on the Britain's Got Talent Winners UK Tour. And that's now led

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to much bigger things. I'm joined by a few members now. It's been

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quite a year for you all? certainly has. We cannot believe

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that things that have happened. From performing on Britain's Got

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Talent we were talent-spotted to perform in New York by the National

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show choir championships of America. You are one of the soloists, what

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would you do in New York? We are at the first English choir. We will be

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singing a selection of songs from British songwriters and singers and

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we are looking forward to that. lot of practice needed! Absolutely.

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You are used to trying to raise money for charities but now, you

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are having to raise money for your selves as well? Exactly. We have

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got a lot of money to raise. It is expensive getting a whole choir to

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New York. We have to worry about travel and accommodation. We need

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about �30,000. We have done some successful fund-raising on ready

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with some events that we have organised, but there is a long way

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to do a book -- to go. If anyone would like to donate they can do so

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on a website. How experienced are you all, Are You experienced

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professionally? We are all talented amateurs really. A lot of people

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are school age. There is a lot of performing experience in different

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venues. You are going to be performing for us later. What we

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using? Or we will sing winter Wonderland.

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Now, some news about Brussels sprouts.

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What's small, green and round and could easily ruin your Christmas?

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Well it depends how you feel about a certain controversial little

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winter vegetable that divides us all - the sprout! If you're in the

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"hate 'em" club though, never fear, you now have the ultimate

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scientific excuse when your Nan tries to pile them up on your

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plate... They are the stuff of nightmares.

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Some call them yucky, others call them evil. They are the dark side

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of Christmas dinner. But Christmas can be saved, by science, because

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it tells us that it is in our DNA to think that sprouts taste icky.

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They contain a chemical similar to this one - Phenylthiocarbamide or

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PTC and we're genetically programmed not to like it because

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it tastes extremely bitter. But some people have a genetic

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variation which means they can't taste PTC at all, and it's those

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people who actually like sprouts and get all the vitamins and aren't

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scared of Christmas dinner. There is nothing you can do about it. But

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taste changes over time. If you eat a lot of Brussels sprouts you might

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learn to love them. If you have got a cold or flu, that might also

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affect your taste. There is a test to see if I have a valid excuse. He

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has to wear gloves to handle this. That is not nice. It does mean that

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I've got a decent scientific excuse never to eat Brussels sprouts!

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You're experience is shared by about half the people that we see.

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So you have the perfect centre of a good excuse. It is not new, it's

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your DNA. I am told they are rather good for you.

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We have got some of these strips with PTC Ahmed. -- on them. 1, 2, 3.

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Are you getting that? Not nice. That is what evil tastes like. That

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is really quite... If you can get hold of one of these,

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you might just find an excuse. If my mother is watching, now you

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know! I'm sure our sports section won't

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leave a bad taste in the mouth. The christmas period is a vital time

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for our football clubs, both in terms of league position and

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increased income from holiday crowds. One man who's experienced

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his share of Christmas highs and lows over the years is former

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Bristol City and Yeovil boss Gary Johnson and he's here now with

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David Passmore. Welcome back. You have a rare

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chance to spend Christmas with your family this year? I haven't done it

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that many times over the last few years. I thought I was went to look

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forward to it but I would rather be working! We have got a picture of

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your granddaughter. She is a true princess, by the looks of things.

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She did not look like that when she had passed on her face when I left,

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but she looks fabulous there. difficult is it to prepare a side

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at Christmas time, when there are so many distractions? First of all

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you have to see Christmas as a positive. You get three games very

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quickly and you can pick up. Very quickly, or you can lose. Very

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quickly. --. Smack. The managers enjoy the quick succession of the

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Games. You can enjoy it one or two of the other games coming up pretty

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soon. They have to try and treated as a positive and I am sure that is

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what they are doing. Bristol City have got to brainee contrasting

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games. The Coventry game is a key game. People are enjoying the

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management and training. I think people will be confident to go to

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Coventry and get a result. It is a big game and they need to get a

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result. Nicky Maynard, will he go and where? When you hear rumours,

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London seems to be the popular place. Fulham is being talked about

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and West Ham and a couple of other sides. He is a great striker and a

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fantastic finisher. When myself and Steve Lansdowne spoke, he thought -

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- we thought he would be a lot of money and he would be worth it. He

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has been worth it. But the rules as they were marks up every club at

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some stage. If he is deciding to keep his options open until the end

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of the season, the club will not get anything back for his transfer.

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Cheltenham next up, the great success story at the moment?

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Fantastic. They have always been the perennial strugglers. This year,

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they have started off very well. They looked to be a good

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footballing side. I played against them at Northampton. They look

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strong. They are not lucky to be there, they are there on merit.

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Bristol Rovers got the better of you when you brought Northampton

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down. Their problem seems to be inconsistency. It is inconsistency.

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The club deserves a team that is competing at the top of that

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division, which everybody thought they would, from the new signings.

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There is plenty of time to grow. They have had a proper run -- April

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run. They need to try and get their goals in two league form. -- into

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league form. The let's have a look They have got to win the Plymouth

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game and move up the table. The other two are winnable as well.

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There is a good chance of a bit of a run. Are you will going to pick

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up points? Terry has done a great job and for Yeovil to be in the

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First Division after all these years is very good. Charlton are

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difficult, but they have nothing to use. You will can try and win it.

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They have got to try and win the Exeter game because that is a key

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game. They have got to keep themselves out of trouble. There

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are three games that are winnable. With all respect to the other three

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teams, he is a bit of a fidget. He has got bad Italian way about him.

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I have not played against him but he would probably give me be harmed

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if he was right next to me. -- give me the hump.

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Don't forget, if you can't get to any of those games, you can listen

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to your BBC local radio station or catch up with the action by logging

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on to the sport pages of the BBC website and watching online. And

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the first game of the festive season is already underway. Bristol

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Rugby are playing Bedford at the Memorial stadium and approaching

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half time. Bristol are leading, 16- Commentary on that game on Radio

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Bristol and further highlights in our bulletin tomorrow lunchtime.

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Good evening. The weather has not been a very festive today. Lots of

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strong wind in plaster and Wiltshire. -- Gloucester. The rain

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is leaving behind a drier picture. One or two showers but no

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significant rain for the next few days. Tonight, mostly dry.

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Temperatures tumbling over a clear skies. We are not going to see any

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significant frostbite tomorrow because of the strong north-

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westerly breeze. There could be a - -. It will be a nice morning for

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you. Crisp winter sunshine during the morning. And the afternoon,

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clouds spilling in from the West. One or two spots of rain.

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Temperatures are getting up to around seven or eight Celsius. Into

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tomorrow evening, if you are hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus,

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your chances are good. The visibility will not be too bad with

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some cloud at times. It will stay dry and temperatures falling. Not

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that much difference. Temperatures during the day and evening were

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similar. The wind is coming round to the south-west and bringing some

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mild air. As we head towards Christmas, it will be a mild

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picture. For Christmas Day it will be dry and mild. It will be breezy

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at times. It will not be a white Christmas but it will be very Mary!

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And that's it from us this evening. I'll be back with an update in the

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# Sleigh bells ring, are you listening.

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# In the lane, snow is glistening. # A beautiful sight.

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# We're happy tonight. # Walking in a winter wonderland.

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# Gone away is the bluebird. # Here to stay is a new bird.

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# He sings a love song. # As we go along.

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# Walking in a winter wonderland. # In the meadow we can build a

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snowman. # Then pretend that he is Parson

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Brown. # He'll say: Are you married?.

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# We'll say: No man. # But you can do the job.

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# When you're in town. # Later on, we'll conspire.

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# As we dream by the fire. # To face unafraid.

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# The plans that we've made. # Gone away is the bluebird.

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# Here to stay is a new bird. # He sings a love song.

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# As we go along. # Walking in a winter wonderland.

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# In the meadow we can build a snowman.

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# Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.

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# He'll say: Are you married?. # We'll say: No man.

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