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Good evening, welcome. The headlines.

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An explosive alert in Somerset. A man is arrested and homes evacuated

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as the bomb squad is called off. With pickled and still in place,

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residents have no idea when they will be allowed home -- with the

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bomb squad in place. Corton the Act, the con man who

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stall post and their identities. Paying for the privilege, the

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companies that charge for work experience.

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I do not think �130 is enough for somebody to get this experience.

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And, a warm glow for campaigners two have saved a Portishead light

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house. Massvlakte who have saved.

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Part of Burnham on Sea is still closed after a man was arrested

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under the explosives Act. Police went into a house just before 8 am.

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Bomb disposal experts soon joined them. 50 homes on Beattie Way have

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been evacuated, and tonight the residents are being put up in it a

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rest centre nearby. What is happening? As you can see, the

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cordon is still up, people are still being prevented from getting

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back to their homes. The action is taking place out of sight, 100

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metres down there. Bomb-disposal people still at work at the house.

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We have no or idea when they will be finished. They are continuing

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the work they began nine hours ago. For the residents of this estate,

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it was an alarming wake-up call. This morning, at 7:45am, there were

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officers, who made entry. An hour afterwards, we were asked to

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evacuate. I was told we had to evacuate. I was told I could not go

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to the house, we have to come out. The police confirmed that at 7:45am

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they had executed a warrant under the explosives Act, and a man had

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been arrested. They said they had been acting on information they had

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received, but they were giving little else away. It is really

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important to stress that, at this stage, there is no evidence to

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suggest any link to either terrorism or domestic extremism.

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Army bomb disposal experts were called, and through the day they

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have been carrying out a search of the property. The house, the garden

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and outbuildings. An exclusion zone was set up, at and 50 houses were

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evacuated. Those who found themselves on the outside of the

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cordon were not even being allowed in to collect their pets. The

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police did it for them. They agreed to get him out for me. He is my new

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puppy, so why was concerned about him. The policeman was very

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concerned -- very kind. Those who have left their homes are being

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offered temporary shelter nearby. They have no idea how long they

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will be there. The man who has been arrested by police is being named

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locally, he works as a chef. As police continued their

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investigations, he is still being questioned.

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Throughout the day, information has been scarce. We have not been told

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what the police have found. I suppose the fact that the cordon is

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still up means that something has been found that causes concern.

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They say the cordon is full safety, it is a precaution, but residents

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are keen to know when they will be allowed back in. I am afraid at the

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moment I cannot help them, because A pilot at Bristol airport has been

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stopped from flying a passenger plane to Ireland after he failed a

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breath test shortly before take-off. He was due to be piloting a flight

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to court yesterday evening with 24 people on board. The pilot later

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passed a second breath test at a police station. The operator says

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it is investigating, and that safety is its top priority.

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A conman who stole the identities of people in Somerset has admitted

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fraud today. Kevin Castle targeted residents with unsecured

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letterboxes, and stole their personal details. Today he pleaded

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guilty to 27 charges of fraud and one charge of money laundering. He

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will be sentenced along with his partner, who has also admitted four

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charges of fraud. The post and was not the only one

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to ring the Browns in this secluded village -- Postman. Often, he was

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closely followed by Kevin Castle, out of his daily round, and he was

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not delivering mail, he was stealing it. Again and again and

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again. Then, using the personal details he stole, he set up

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numerous fraudulent credit card accounts. He would turn around,

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come back up... For his luck ran out when he targeted the letterbox

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of this man. There he became suspicious that somebody was

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tampering with his male, so he turned detective. -- quit his post.

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I put in a camera. I try to solve the mystery. I put it up on the

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Monday, and for the whole of the week, I captured in that was coming

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to my house --, captured the man that was coming to my house. He

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deserves everything that he gets. The number of cards acquired

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enabled Kevin Castle and his partner to fund a lavish lifestyle.

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They lived here, in this impressive rented property near Wellington,

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complete with paddocks and stables, which they used to house their six

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horses. Here, they are captured on CCTV, using a fraudulent credit

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card on one of their frequent extravagant spending sprees.

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They've added thousands of pounds of debt. Steve's letterbox made him

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vulnerable. Many people have an unsecured letterbox, away from the

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main entrance of the house. Even a piece of drainpipes that any age is

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not an uncommon sight. -- stuck in a hedge. Letterboxes like this made

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it too easy for him to gather the information he needed to apply for

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a card, and then return to intercept subsequent male that

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would otherwise have alerted householders that something was

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amiss. This type of crime is happening on a daily basis. My

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advice would be, to not have a postbox at the bottom of your drive.

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It is the safest way, to have it through your front door. Most

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victims remain oblivious their identity has been stolen and debts

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run up in their name until they received a demand for payment on a

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credit card they knew nothing about. Steve says it never crossed his

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mind that somebody might still his identity. After this bitter

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experience, he is heeding police advice and making sure his post

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never falls into the wrong hands again.

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Some young people here are so desperate to get work experience,

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they are willing to pay for it. In some cases, they are handing over

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more than �100 a day in the hope it will give them an edge over the

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competition. Won the students' union says it is unfair, because

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not everyone can afford it. Would you like to be able to take

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pictures like this? Photographer Graham Light will teach you for �95

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a day. What they will get is my experience of 35 years. I also

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think they put more value on it if they have invested some of their

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money into that. It is not what I am doing to make money, because I

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would normally charge a lot more than duck for a day. -- than that.

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He signed up with the Somerset company. It takes a cut for putting

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people in touch with small businesses, which, for a daily fee,

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will provide work experience and training. We give them high-class

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training, next to the business owner. Getting people to pay for

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the work experience, that is not exploiting desperate young people?

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I pay for training, I go for conferences, I purchase books and

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courses. People have to pay for experience. You have to be trained,

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and if you want to get trained, you have to pay. If you want to be a

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copywriter, you could get that experience for a modest sum. You

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are worth the person paying you for that? I do not think �130 is enough

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for somebody to get the kind of experience they can get here.

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Students know they have little or no chance of getting a job without

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some form of work experience. But the idea of paying for it has not

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gone down well with everyone. Companies that as it in turns to

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pay to work for free are exploiting young unemployed people's the band

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for work experience. It is unfair and it looks out huge swathes of

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the country who cannot afford to work for free. Would you pay to get

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work experience? Tough decisions ahead for students. They must work

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out the true value of work experience.

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There will be a debate about that subject in the Sunday politics this

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We will have the weekend weather shortly.

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Plus, white a rap artist was jailed for his role in the Gloucester

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riots, even though the job -- even though the judge said he was not

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involved in violence. An inquest has heard how a

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pensioner died within hours of being burgled. Pauline Reddick was

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80 years old when two men broke into her home. Shortly afterwards,

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she had a stroke. Today, a coroner recorded a narrative verdict and

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said come on the balance of probability, there was likely to

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have been a link between the incidents.

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Pauline Reddick was, her family said, not atypical 80 year old.

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was amazing, she was extremely fit, physically and mentally, just a

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couple of weeks before she had been on a narrowboat holiday with us,

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and she had been operating the locks, like somebody much under. --

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much younger. She had been on a walking weekend. Tonight they got

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back, she and her daughter were asleep. She went into her daughter,

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saying she could hear somebody downstairs. She was, her daughter

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said, terrified. They hid in the bedroom and phoned the police, but

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within half an hour, she had suffered a stroke. Two 18 year-olds,

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Liam Cunliffe and lyrical pit, admitted breaking into her home.

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They were sent to a young offenders' institute last summer.

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Charges of manslaughter against him were dropped. Her inquest was told

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today she was taking medication for high blood pressure, and she had

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other underlying health problems. Medical experts said it was

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impossible to say for certain that there was a link between the break-

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in and her death. But today, my pathologist told the coroner he

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felt intuitively that this was the case. The coroner agreed there was

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no scientific certainty, but said, on the balance of probability, her

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death was linked to the burglary. She was the first person to a

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break-up, she worked my sister at, she was completely cognitive, she

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knew there were people in the house, she had a conversation on the

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telephone, and within 20 minutes, she deteriorated. Her family said

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today they welcomed the decision, and they had nobody else would have

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to survive the ordeal that they had A lorry driver from Yeovil has been

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arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a fuel tanker crashed

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into a bungalow in a Dorset village. The property in Wool was severely

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damaged after it caught on fire when the tanker hit it. The woman

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who lives there was not injured. Police say the 51-year-old driver

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is known to the homeowner. An innovative drug treatment centre

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that helped mothers with babies in Bristol has announced it's to close.

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Naomi House worked with women who have children under five, helping

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them off drugs and out of the sex trade. But today the One-25 Group

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who ran it said a lack of funds is forcing them to close. The centre

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opened three years ago and was the only service of its kind

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specifically for mother and babies. A new a musician has been sent to

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jail after taking part in the Gloucester riots. -- a musician.

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Kieran Newell had not been violent, but his behaviour was seen as

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disgraceful. Kieran Newell, seen here in the

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white hoodie, tabs on a shop window and then disappears as other

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rioters at 10 to keep their way into the shop. The court heard how

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he did the decent thing and owned up, pleading guilty to violent

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conduct. The judge told him what happened in Gloucester was a

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disgrace and the sentencing was to be a deterrent. But the judge

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admitted that Newell had not taken part in the violence, but he still

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had to send him to jail. Following the summer riots, judges were given

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guidelines on sentencing. someone who had not been in trouble

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before, you think why should they go to prison? It is to say to

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people, if you can make this kind of offence, you will go to prison.

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The judge added that Newell was a talented musician. However, the

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court was told that he had a previous conviction involving Class

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A jobs. Gloucestershire Police said they've dealt quickly with the riot

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and are satisfied with the sentencing dealt out to the rioters.

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We were disappointed that a small minority of people came into the

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city centre and caused that disorder, but the police had

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conducted a thorough investigation and have arrested 42 people.

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The culling of wild boar in the Forest of Dean is to be suspended

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until September. The Forestry Commission has been shooting the

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animals in an effort to control numbers, but has now put the plan

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on hold amidst concerns the boar could be eradicated. Campaigners

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have welcomed the move saying the animals will now be allowed time to

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roam and breed stress-free. One of the country's biggest

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motorbike dealers George White, which is based in Swindon, has gone

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into administration. The company has branches around the UK and a

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turnover worth �25 million. Poor sales and a tough market are being

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blamed for the failure and the loss of 61 jobs. Some staff have been

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retained to complete customers' orders.

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It's a crucial phase of the football season as two new managers

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try to make their mark. We're just past the half way point and all our

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sides are involved in battles at one end of the table or the other.

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Let's get the assessment of our expert Geoff Twentyman, who's with

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David Passmore. Yes, two new managers since we last

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spoke - Gary Johnson at Yeovil and Mark McGhee this week installed at

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Bristol Rovers. Not an easy start for him in the derby at Cheltenham.

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Now you remember him from his playing days? Yes. He was at

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Newcastle and I was at Bristol Rovers. Good to see him this week.

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He was a tough player and has high standards. If he is watching

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tonight, I am sorry for the odd kick I may have given him.

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Cheltenham, that a tricky one. Steve Elliott will be missed. He

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has a calf problem. Mark Yates, a little bit dismissive about it.

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am not worried. We know what they are about. They have got good

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players and we are not kidding ourselves. But it is about us being

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as good as we can be. Yeovil go to bury macro. They got a crucial win.

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Yeah us. Dramatic stuff. Andy Williams with a goal. It is a pity

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we don't see Gary Johnson at this point. It is an important win for

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Gary. A bottle to difference can he make? It is the X Factor with him.

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He is such a character. He knows his football. He affects people and

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he is very charismatic. A tough game tomorrow. He has bought four

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players in already, so it is important they knit together.

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do Bristol city need to do to get out of that danger zone? They need

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to score. They have only scored 10 goals at Ashton Gate, which is

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nowhere near enough. Swindon hoping to get some goals from their new

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signing. Yes. A good name, isn't it, Rooney? No relation. They got him

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from Gillingham and he is not short of ability and confidence. They are

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five points away from the play-offs. Paolo Di Canio has apologised to

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his players for calling them she why ours. -- she Weller. They are

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like young rottweilers. After a few months they are now adults

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rottweilers. It is a dog's live playing for Swindon! -- life.

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In rugby, a cracking game in prospect tonight at Kingsholm.

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Still time to get down there for the visit of four-times European

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Champions Toulouse. Gloucester have failed to qualify for the final

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stages of the European Cup, but have put out a full strength side,

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while Toulouse need a win to help secure a home quarter-final tie.

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Bath also play Glasgow tomorrow. The London Olympics are just six

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months away and many athletes are still battling to secure their

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place at their Games. On Sunday evening there's a special programme

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showcasing some of those from the west hoping to be there. From Peter

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Reed, who's already won Olympic gold, and paralympian Ben Rushgrove,

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to those who are just struggling to qualify, like trampolinist Laura

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Gallagher. West Olympic Dreams is on this Sunday on BBC One at 5pm.

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And your local radio station's breakfast show will also be

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catching up with your Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls all next week.

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Thank you. Now, a story that should keep you a warm glow. -- should

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give you. A disused lighthouse in Portishead

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is being officially handed over to the Trust that saved it tonight.

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People living near the Black Nore lighthouse campaigned to stop it

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being knocked down after it was decommissioned two years ago. Chris

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James has been to see it. Standing guard on the Bristol

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Channel. The Black Nore lighthouse has been on duty here on the coast

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of Portishead for 120 years now. But in recent times, storm clouds

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have been gathering over its future. Decommissioned, it was due to be

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demolished. Like the tide, it's famous light went out. The lantern

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it floated on top of the mercury said that it could easily be turned

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around. It had to move at all times because if it stopped, the sunlight

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coming through the glass would set the place on fire.

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This pepper pot lighthouse is exceptionally rare. It was

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clockwork, and needed winding every day. Four generations of the same

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family were responsible for it over 80 years. It's also the last of its

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kind on the British shoreline With six legs, designed to survive high

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tides that regularly breached its foundations. But it's position is

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very significant. Ships coming along here come in the deep-water

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channel. As we get to this part, it start to narrow and the water is

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shallow. Without the light, people would not know if they were getting

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close to land. Tonight the owners of Black Nore

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lighthouse officially hand it over to a Trust made up of local

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residents. They have vowed to look after it, as it has looked after

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thousands of ships that have passed before it.

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This light lighthouse may not be needed by the big ships using the

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Channel any more, but it is needed by the town. It's part of

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Portishead's history and its now here to stay.

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There is something very romantic about a light house, isn't there?

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Yes, it's very sweet. Now just time to mention that a

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rather unusual collection of Action Man accessories is going under the

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hammer this evening. It was the must-have toy of the late 1960s and

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became a massive hit for little boys up and down the country. The

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set's owned by a man from London who's stored it in his mother's

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attic in Dorset since he left home. Bidding on the outfits and

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equipment is happening right now. Experts say the collection could

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make up to �10,000. It just goes to show, you do not know what

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treasures lurk in the loft. And now for the weather.

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We are in a warm-up sector, if you can believe that! But it is mild

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for this time of the year, and so it shall continue for some of the

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weekend. There will be patchy, like rain, but nothing significant. We

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have this warm sector which is followed by a cold front tomorrow

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morning. Sunday, the latter part look dry and bright, so does Monday.

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But on Tuesday it will be milder, wetter and windier. Tonight, a good

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deal of cloud around. There is some patchy light rain. It will remain

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pretty breezy with gusts up to 35mph. Temperatures will not

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dropped, so at seven or eight Celsius will be typical. Saturday

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morning will start with a large amount of cloud. It will be quite

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damp as well. In the afternoon it should start to brighten up. For

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many of us it will be windy as well. Temperatures peaking at around 11

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degrees Celsius tomorrow, but they will drop away when the cold front

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comes through. Sunday, every people almost -- a repeat performance.

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Bright and windy in the afternoon, feeling quite cold in the wind.

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Temperatures between seven and nine Celsius. Monday it looks like a

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bright, but chilly affair. We could have cold weather coming into the

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