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Good evening and welcome to BBC Points West.

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Our headlines tonight: The bike that could have de-railed a train.

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Transport police hunt the boy who threw this cycle into the path of

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an express. The Bristol City stadium - the club

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says the diggers are ready to roll as the opposition loses the ball.

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Also tonight: The cost of food - why more families are turning to

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charity larders for a meal. It was a lifeline. I don't know where we

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would have been without the food bank, to be honest.

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And heading home - a new base for Good evening. A train travelling at

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100mph has hit a bicycle that was deliberately thrown onto the tracks.

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The Transport Police say it was "mindless vandalism" which could

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have caused a serious accident. Witnesses say the bike was dropped

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into the path of the express train as it thundered through Yate near

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Bristol. The police are looking for a teenager. Jules Hyam reports.

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This is what's left of the bike thrown onto the rails from the

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platform at Yate train station. Police are now searching for the

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teenager whose act of vandalism could have caused much more damage

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to property and people. Yate is by no means the big railway station as

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they are only a handful of trains that stop here, but as well as

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those local trains they are high- speed express trains that whizz

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through here at about 100 miles per hour. On Sunday evening, it was in

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front of one of those that the bike was thrown. All those people on the

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train. It could have derailed and they lost their lives. The person

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that three the bike is causing problems. I think they should have

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been someone here. There are always groups of youths down here with

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nothing to do. He we have got CCTV here and the station is patrolled

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by officers from Temple Mead, so we don't have any wider concerns, but

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clearly it is something we will consider.

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It is unusual, but not unique, because it is so dangerous to

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obstruct train lines the penalties for doing so are harsh.

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The man seen here throwing a bike onto an electric line in

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Southampton last year was jailed for 12 months.. I used the

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expression mindless because it is. perhaps not thought throat but

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could have devastating consequences. Sgt Parker and his team are

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studying CCTV footage from the station's cameras, making enquiries

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in Yate itself, looking for the teenager wearing a grey hooded top

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who threw the bike onto the rails. They are also asking for anyone who

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saw what happened or who recognises the bike itself to contact them.

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Detectives are continuing to question a man on suspicion of the

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murder of the Thornbury vicar, the Reverend John Suddards. Officers

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were given extra time yesterday to question Stephen Farrow, who's 47.

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He's also being held in connection with the murder of pensioner Betty

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Yates in Worcestershire last month. Last night parishioners at St

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Mary's Church in Thornbury held a candle lit vigil in the vicar's

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memory. It's now more than three years

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since a road crash which ended the career of Yeovil Town professional

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footballer Darren Way. But, to date, the former midfielder has mot

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received any compensation. This afternoon he told the BBC he felt

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cheated and vowed to continue his fight in the High Court. Clinton

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Rogers has the story. December 2008 and this was the

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crash which wrecked Darren Way's career. He was a passenger in the

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white van. A car travelling in the opposite direction crossed the

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central white lines and collided head on with them. More than three

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years and 13 operations later, Darren Way is at least able to walk,

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but he'll never play football again. He had expected financial

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compensation, but so far he's not received a penny. Every day there

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is a memory that takes me back to the accident. Whether it is the

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football, the injuries or the legal case. There is not an end of the

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story at the moment. The footballer suffered multiple

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fractures in the crash - he was in a wheelchair for months. But the

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legal battle over compensation is taking considerably longer. At

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issue is whether the driver of the other car was at fault. His

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insurers, Churchill, are claiming that he suffered a heart attack at

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the wheel prior to the crash, therefore he's not culpable. Today

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the company refused to comment further. I just was not prepared

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for the psychological side of it. Darren Way has made a video of his

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long road to recovery. The battle to even walk again. He says that

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mentally he's still far from recovered and finds it hard to

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accept he's not entitled to be compensated for a lost career.

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are completely innocent in all of this. It is certainly frustrating.

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When you tell people the situation, they are just as amazed as I am.

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The dispute is still going through the courts. A High Court trial will

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be scheduled for later this year. We asked the Association of British

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Insurers for a, this afternoon. They told us that in cases where a

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driver could not have prevented an accident or had no conscious

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knowledge of it, then they or their insurers may not be liable. We will

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keep you up-to-date with developments in the case.

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It's pancake day, Shrove Tuesday, and you're watching BBC Points West

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with Alex and Daivd. Yes and stay with us, while you

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cook, as there's much more still to bring you tonight. Including: We're

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at North Somerset, as the demonstrators have one last chance

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to make their points as the council cuts its spending.

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And best hoof forward for one of Somerset's finest. We find out how

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Grand Crus is shaping up for If you are cooking, save a pancake

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for me. Bristol City say they're ready to

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start the diggers going on the club's new stadium at Ashton Vale,

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following yesterday's news that a judicial review has been dropped.

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But before the keys can be turned the campaigners, who want the land

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preserved as a village green, say they have one last chance to stop

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it going ahead. As this story moves into extra time, Will Glennon

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reports. They think it's all over, but it

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just might not be. The bitter planning row over the proposed

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30,000 seater stadium at Ashton Vale has one more twist. Bristol

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City football club certainly weren't celebrating today, but they

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are poised to re-start development work as soon as possible. There is

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a little bit of work to do it because this could have gone on for

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another two years, so we clearly did not want to keep spending money.

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We need to start plans going forward again, but as soon as we

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are in a sensible position to start, we will do that.

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Planning permission had been granted for the �90 million stadium,

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but the project was halted by those who wanted the land designated as a

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town green. The city council suggested a compromise with part of

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the site town green and part stadium, but opponents weren't

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happy and a judge said it could go to judicial review. That appeared

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to collapse yesterday. So this is the letter that sparked the

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excitement. It is from the anonymous individual that is

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bringing the case for review. It says that they do not want to

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continue any more. It has taken and 80 Stadium campaigners by surprise.

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Total shock. Knowing the individual quite well, I know he did not write

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the letter. Certainly the content of it was not the same as what he

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said that every meeting he had ever been at and he had been to

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virtually every meeting we held. What do you think happened? Either

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he has been persuaded, or someone is using him for their own ends.

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They now have someone else lined up and have asked the High Court to

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continue their review. The campaigners have to apply to attach

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a new name to the abdication. A judge will decide if it goes ahead.

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If it does not, the case is finished and the stadium will be

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built. We are expecting that decision within the next few weeks.

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Food has become increasingly expensive and it seems that the

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number of people struggling to feed families has increased. In 2000,

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the trust will trust started the idea of big banks. There are now

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more than 170 across the UK and the West. Their aim is to provide three

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days' emergency food for people experiencing crisis. Last year they

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fared over 60,000 people in poverty, this year that is expected to rise

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over 100,000 people. It seems more help could be on hand for people in

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Bristol. Charities across the city are joining forces to co-ordinate

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efforts to feed those most in need. With food prices going up and up,

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places like this are getting more popular if not essential. This feat

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bank is in Bristol there are many in the city. Every week people

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queue up for her feet past -- parcel. It is something that am

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Marie has had to rely on several times. I felt ashamed and

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embarrassed because I could not provide for my children. It has

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very difficult to get the courage up to walk in, but when I did

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finally go in, there were so nice and sat me down with a cup of tea

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and some biscuits, had a chat while they sorted out what the die needed.

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Big banks are generally run by churches or charities. Individuals

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and thick -- supermarkets donate the food. People are referred by

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GPs and are given vouchers that will get them a parcel of food to

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last three days. Now a new initiative is hoping to co-ordinate

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the work of individual charities with the ultimate aim of helping

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more people. We believe that working together in

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a strategic way is going to mean we are much more effective in terms of

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what we do. Back in Lawrence Weston, volunteers are getting ready for a

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busy evening. When people come in they often look at the floor and

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sometimes in tears. We want to give people a warm welcome. We have some

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fantastic volunteers that are greater listening to people. You

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just see people leaving quite often with a smile on their face. Across

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the country, about 30 million live below the breadline. Of those, 4

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million on not getting the right fit to eat. There is no doubt that

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fee banks are a lifeline, but many believe that the fact they need to

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exist at all paint a bleak picture of life in 21st century Britain.

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Now to politics and a tense meeting tonight because making financial

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savings is top of the agenda. This evening there have been protests in

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Weston-super-Mare -- Weston-super- Mare. Among the controversial

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measures are more job cuts and closing down the council's

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dedicated youth service. Our political editor joins us now. What

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is going on there? The council started their meeting just over

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half-an-hour go in the chamber behind me. We are not allowed to

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film it, but we were in sight at the start with a lot of protesters

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who put their placards down here and went inside to have their say.

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This all centres on North Somerset's endeavours to have a

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council tax freeze. That would mean that people in this area would pay

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�1,150 next year. That is not the only part, it you also have a bit

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that goes to the police and a bit that goes to fire and rescue that

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is going up by a couple of pounds. Town and parish councils could also

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go up. At the centre of attention is what North Somerset is trying to

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do and that has caused controversy and protest. Many people are here

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at making their voices and feelings known about some of the things that

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a been brought in. That includes cuts to youth services and jobs. We

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have seen 120 council posts go over the last year. In the next few

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years we are expecting a further 160 post ago. The unions say that

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People are taking a big hit on this. Their lives are much harder. Be

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paid they receive is nothing like it is betrayed in the media. There

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is no job security. -- portrayed in the media. The cutting is extreme

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and they are cutting many youth services. A dozen new centres are

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closing in this area. At Portishead, they refurbished a community centre

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for you this. They want to reduce the money and spend it on targeted

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work with difficult families. The councils say they have no choice

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and say they do it with a heavy heart. We didn't come into politics

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to make redundancies and cuts services. That is not what we

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should be about. What is calling his it is a poorly funded council

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anyway. We are still not getting our fair share of the National Pot.

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We have seen some of the protesters coming out of the meeting. They

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have managed to have their say. The councillors are getting on with

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their debate but this is an authority with a solid Conservative

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panel. We will bring you a full update at then made a return at

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10:25pm. A manager at Swindon's Great

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Western Hospital has resigned prior to a third 24 hour strike by

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support workers. Porters and cleaners walked out this morning in

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the second day of action. It is over alleged managerial bullying

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and harassment by the contractor, carillon. The firm confirmed that

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the unnamed manager had resigned, saying he was disappointed that the

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strike was continuing. They have been without a home for

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more than a decade but now some of the country's most historic

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aircraft are getting a permanent home in Gloucestershire.

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The Jet Age Museum were split up 12 years ago and the collection has

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The jet fighter goes into service. They were the pride of the air re F

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-- RAF. Now many of them like a whippet and broken, waiting to be

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rebuilt for the new Jet Age Museum. Some have deteriorated rapidly. The

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vampire, the aircraft fuselage was made of balsa wood and ply. All of

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these aircraft will be restored and put back together. It has taken

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John and the other trustees 10 years to raise the �250,000 they

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need for the museum. It sounds as if it is not very much money but to

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raise that money, to house old aeroplanes which people referred to

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as bits of rusty old metal, is a difficult thing to do. Asking

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people whether they want a museum, everybody wants to have an aviation

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museum. When you ask for money, they say, no. Not all the planes

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are in pieces. It is a plane that was once flown by the World War II

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fighter pilot, Douglas Barder. This is the only one of its kind in

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existence. Once the museum is open, this will be the centrepiece, a

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replica of the E 28, the first British jet plane. Built in 1948.

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Sydney was a teenager when he worked on the project at the

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Gloucester aircraft company. It was the best time of my life. It was

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like making a model. My job was marking of all the ribs and

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templates and making the ribs. I went on to the assembly. Sydney is

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hope for the new BCM opening will inspire future generations, giving

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them a chance to see the wonders that once ruled the skies. -- a new

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museum opening. In sport, we find out how racehorse

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trainer, David pipes, is preparing for the Cheltenham hospital.

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And can Swindon Town make it eight wins in a row?

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It is an incredible run. Seven consecutive wins and counting in

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the league and a Wembley final to look forward to. Swindon continue

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their promotion bid tonight as they take a on Shrewsbury. Paolo Di

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Canio's side are full of confidence. Their latest win was a 2-1 at lead

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on Hereford at the weekend. Keep going and go to the top. I prefer

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to stay at the top. Everybody thinks it is more pressure. Give us

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a chance to go to the top. In my team, there are many players who

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have never won anything in their career. They are very young and

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have desire. They have a real chance to win. Cheltenham, who are

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second in the table, hope to fend off the challenge of Swindon. They

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take on AFC Wimbledon tonight. The side will be boosted by their win

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over Dagenham and Redbridge on Sunday.

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Somerset batsmen for Joss Buttler had a debut to forget in England's

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one-day international match against Pakistan. Coming in at number five,

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he was out second ball for a duck. His county colleague, Craig quays

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where Ted did better as he scored 43 in a partnership of 109. --

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Craig Kieswetter. They had four -- four balls to spare.

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This year's Cheltenham Festival is three weeks away. The top race is

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the Gold Cup. It is promising to be a thriller with Kauto Star going

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for his third win. There is a worry in the yard at them as some of the

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horses have a cough and tomorrow's media day has been cancelled

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although Nicholls has said his courses are clear at the moment.

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There are no problems at David Pipe's stables. His top Cheltenham

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hope is Grands Crus. The star of the yard. Grand cru has

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-- Grands Crus is ready. He must be our best chance at the

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head Festival. He is the best horse we have. This morning, David Pipe

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paraded his top Cheltenham hopes. They will be his 6th festival from

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-- since taking over from his father, Martin. These are nervous

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days ahead of the top meeting of the season. It is a massive four

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days. It is what your season is gauged on. Once again, the

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Cheltenham course is suffering from the lack of rain. Nothing in

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February so far. They start watering tomorrow but they have

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enough supplies so the going will be just as they want it. Report all

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the rain for that falls on to the car parks and roofs on to the

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course. We are recycling. The trains run hard back into the brook

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and we pump it round again. Which horse should punters be

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looking at as wants to back? I am trying to win my father's race. The

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jockeys' race. Our father is a nice up and coming horse who will go for

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one of the handicaps. He has done nothing wrong so far. A most yards

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have seen numbers reduce as the economy struggled but numbers here

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on the up again. A good festival for the stables will only help that.

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We will have plenty more news on the build up to the Cheltenham

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Festival over the coming weeks. I am very excited about that.

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We were hearing about the lack of rain at Cheltenham. Tonight, with

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Tonight, we will be using some of the patchy rain and drizzle. Rain

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will be making a return through the second half of tomorrow. It is a

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windy day than we have been seeing earlier in this week. You can see

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the next 24 hours. Here is the rain that is due to come our way for the

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second half of tomorrow. It will continue as we run into the

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afternoon and evening. A windy day for us all. A moderate breeze

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through this evening and tonight. Those patchy outbreaks of rain will

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fade away. A frost free evening for most of us. I doubt we will see

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temperatures lower than five Celsius. Tomorrow morning's rush

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hour will start on a dry a note. It will be a windy morning. The first

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outbreaks of rain into the western parts of Somerset and then these

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outbreaks of rain spill across East words and will turn heavier. --

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Temperature tomorrow, somewhere about 10 or 11 Celsius. They will

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be offset by the winds so not a particularly great afternoon. The

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whole flock continues overnight. -- He'll fog. We are in for a mild

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spell of weather. By the end of the working week into Saturday, we have

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a cold front and they will return to the average for this time of the

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year. For Thursday, a cloudy day with temperatures around 13 Celsius.

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Very mild overnight into Friday. We start to get this cooler feel

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overnight into Saturday. Saturday looks like a decent day with plenty

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Whether it is maple syrup or lemon and sugar that you may prefer. Many

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of you are celebrating Shrove Tuesday tonight.

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Golden syrup for me. By children took part in the annual

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pancake race in high-street followed by the mascots' race.

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have got myself a Lehman said that will keep me all right for the day.

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Sad that we lost. A brilliant time. Great fun. Everyone had a great

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time. For how does it feel to be holding the special frying pan?

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Very proud. I will put this up at work. In Westminster, Martin

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