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

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Warminster counts the cost - shock in the military town as it's

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revealed five of the six soldiers killed in Afghanistan were based

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there. I think there will be massive support for the families

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and soldiers. Tonight, a church service to

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remember the soldiers who only left on Valentine's Day.

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Also tonight: The patient whose life was ruined by a medical

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blunder, but he might not get compensation because it was an

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agency nurse who made the mistake. And if you can't get a seat on a

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train, should you automatically be There is an intense sense of loss

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in the military town of Warminster, after the deaths of six soldiers in

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Afghanistan. Five of those killed were from The Yorkshire Regiment,

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which have its barracks on the edge of the Salisbury Plain. These

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soldiers had been waved off a few weeks ago on Valentine's Day.

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Tonight, at the Mayor says there will be a book of condolence, and a

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church service is being held. Let us cross to Warminster. Good

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evening. Behind the closed gates, the master has been flying at half

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flat all day. You can probably see the tribute to building up. Just a

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few hours ago, that was completely empty. You can probably see the

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candle as well. That was part of a ceremony on Valentine's Day. That

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was when the soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan. Slowly, the news is

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seeping into the local community, but not all soldiers will be

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returning it in eight weeks' time. Five have died. It is saddening. It

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can happen so close to home. I am horrified about it. It is a

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difficult job. I feel for them, I really do. Those soldiers belong to

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Warminster. It is difficult to get information

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from the scene in Afghanistan. It is not known whether any bodies

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have been recovered, or whether the improvised explosive device was a

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new one, or a relic from the past. But there is someone who has

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experience of these matters, a local MP. He has, today, been

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offering his condolences and support to the local community.

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can only imagine what this does. These are our friends and comrades.

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The loss will be extremely keenly felt. It is difficult to overstate

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the impact this has, but The Yorkshire Regiment is a fine

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organisation, and they will continue what they do, which they

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do with incredible professionalism. This may have happened a long way

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away, but the shock waves are being felt right here. Being used only

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rarely just beginning to sink in here. A special service will be

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held at the barracks, but there will be a public one, which people

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have been invited to at the local church. Clinton Rogers is there.

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Yes, there is a focal point for the terrible sense of shock and sadness

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being felt, which is inextricably linked with the military base. It

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was a 5:00pm when people started arriving here. There was always

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going to be a prayers evening this evening, but as soon as the news of

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this tragedy broke, there was also a feeling that this service should

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be a special service of remembrance. The people up Warminster a very

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proud of their links with the military, and there is a sixth

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sends the in a time like this, people know what to do. -- sixth

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sense. We will light candles and have it readings and say prayers.

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Inside his church, a pretty simple service, but it's very emotional

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one. It lasted half an hour. Beat local Mayor was there, and ex

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service personnel. Family who wanted to share that Greek and pay

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their respects to the soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. -

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- their grief. People told me they felt the right note had been struck.

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I thought it was important. They had been around for a long time in

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the town. My sister's husband is married to one of them. We came

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here, and important for the children to understand how

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important it is. 25% of this town it is serving, or X serving,

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military. The Campbell get together and see these boys off. The rest of

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the battalion are yet to deploy. We will rally round and now. On that

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note, there will be a march through Warminster on the 16th, before the

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main deployment to Afghanistan. That will take on extra

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significance, I am sure. Apart from being a service, if there was also

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a service at the barracks itself. One can only imagine what the mood

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was like. The Mayor is joining us now. You were at the community

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centre, talking to local people. All was the feeling like? Absolute

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devastation and shock. It was only three weeks to go that we said

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goodbye. They went out, three weeks later, and six were gone. It is six,

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in actual fact. There is just this complete sense of shock and

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bewilderment. I have just spoken to the commanding officer. He is

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visibly shaken. There is a service at the moment at the church, and we

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have also had our own service at the Minster Church at 5pm. We are

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told the names will come around lunchtime tomorrow. Originally, we

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would tell the names at 9am, but is now deferred to 12. As soon as they

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are known, I will open the books of condolence in the St Lawrence

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Church in town. I am told that one in five soldiers return with some

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kind of like changing injury. In the West, we are home to a

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significant number of military units. 10,000 soldiers are based

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around one of the country's largest and most important training areas

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on Salisbury Plain. Clustered around it the Warminster Garrison,

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where the 3rd Battalion are based. As the name suggests, have their

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roots are in the north. They recruit from Yorkshire families.

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The loss of five of their community is being felt by relatives and

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loved ones. In the West, more troops, Marines, are preparing to

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deploy. The timetable for Afghanistan remains unchanged.

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hope will be moving our combat soldiers in 2014, although we will

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be leaving other people there after that. By them, we hope this

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incident will be history. We think back with pride of these soldiers

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giving their lives. But with this, the single biggest loss of British

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lives in Afghanistan for five-and- a-half years, leading figures are

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questioning whether the politics of the military operation should be

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quite so rigid. The former Secretary of State for

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Defence told us they may be time to scale back on the more dangerous

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operations in Afghanistan. I spoke to Lord King earlier, and asked him

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how the Defence Secretary will be responding. These Secretary of

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State would be very concerned. Particularly because they were in a

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while armoured vehicle, and a criticism has been that some

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because one of protected. He will want to know quickly what happened

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here, and it is a very serious incident. Every loss of life is

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serious, but this one is the most serious but we have had. Given we

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know combat operations will end, at the end of 2014, showed our

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strategy be changed to try to prevent further death like this?

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What we have to do is press on as fast as we can with the handover to

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the Afghan army, and Afghan police. The bravery of our soldiers and

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others has given the Afghan people the chance of an orderly government,

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the chance of education for their children, a civilised life. They

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have got to take over that responsibility. We have to see it

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through, but it is to be carried through as quickly as it can.

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worth doing risky operations, this far on in the campaign? I don't

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know if this was risky. They were merely keeping open a line of

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communication, important that our troops and people to be able to

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continue their normal life, get to the markets and towns. This is

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something we need to discover. Otherwise, there is not a case for

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rescue operations. It's David and Alex with this

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evening's Points West. Coming up tonight:

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Every fisherman's dream - yes, that's 1,400 rainbow trout being

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tipped into the water, just waiting to be caught.

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And Bristol City supporters, don't look away now - yes, your team has

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Avon and Somerset police arrested more than 100 people during a major

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crackdown on crime across the force's six districts. Operation

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Relentless focused on drug, burglary, assault and theft

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offences. A series of dawn raids saw more than 70 people arrested in

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Bristol alone. Officers also seized two cars, a motorbike, more than

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�1,500 in cash and two Rolex watches.

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A Wiltshire man, a severely brain- damaged after a nurse switched off

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his ventilator, may not receive compensation. Jamie Merrett was

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left with catastrophic injuries after the mistake. Now, Points West

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has discovered the agency who supplied the nurse was not insured.

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It raises questions about who is liable when things go wrong.

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Jamie Merrett, now needs extra care because of his brain damage. This

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is the moment it was caused - when this nurse turned off her patient's

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ventilator in his home. Jamie Merrett set up a camera, because he

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felt his concerns about errors being made were not being listened

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to. This footage shows how the nurse, who have not been trained to

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use his ventilator, panicked, leaving him without his supply of

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oxygen for almost a quarter of an hour. The nurse was supplied to NHS

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Wiltshire. An investigation has found not only was she not properly

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trained, but that the company did not have adequate systems in place

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to check what training their staff had. It has now emerged the agency

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was not insured at the time. The company says it was not required to,

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as there was only a recruitment agency, and the nurse would be

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covered by her professional body. We initially understood that we had

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insurance. That has now been withdrawn. She is now liable in

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person for any damages which are awarded to Jamie Merrett. It is

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beggars belief that a nurse could find herself in this situation.

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They must be many her -- other nurses out there, who find they may

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not have cover. In a statement, the As more and more private companies

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take on work on behalf of the NHS in patient's homes, this case

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raises fundamental questions about who is liable when things go wrong.

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Mr Merrett's solicitor has now lodged a claim against another

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private agency, called Invent Health that had subcontracted the

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work to Ambition 24. They won't comment because of the claim.

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Because she does not have an indemnity or insurance then we are

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looking to make a claim against Invent Health who were responsible

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for the care package. There is a risk we may not succeed and because

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there is no insurance, Jamie may not get his damages.

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In a seperate development, Mss Aylward is due to appear before the

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nursing and midwifery council next week to face charges that include

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not being familiar with how to operate a ventilator and having no

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training in how to resuscitate a patient breathing through a

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tracheotomy. Matthew is here with us now. There must be people

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watching tonight to one wondering if they are insured? The Health and

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Social Care Act came one year before this incident happened and

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it says that all providers of health care should have the

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appropriate insurance or indemnity for this type of thing. Having said

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that, it is not an essential standards so it does not have as

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much beef to it as some of the other criteria.

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They say, always read the small print. If you look at the RCN

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indemnity scheme, it does not cover you'where you are employed by a

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health care provider and the employer hasn't also appropriate

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insurance. Nurses to work under contract to GPs may also not be

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covered so it is important that people read that. This is a large

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core and significant claim, not just about the brain damage but

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also ongoing issues with increasing nursing care and the cost of the

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brain damage and the cost could be over �100,000. If in doubt check

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the small print and it if in doubt, ask somebody. Let us lighten up a

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bit and go fishing! A reservoir in Somerset welcomed

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some slippery new inhabitants today as it was re-stocked with trout

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ahead of the new fishing season. The Hawkridge Reservoir on the

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Quantocks plays host to around 2,000 fly fishers every year. The

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good news for them is that there's no sign of the drought which other

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areas of the country have been experiencing. Here's Sarah-Jane

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Bungay. Three tanks, a little manpower and

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a long piece of plastic tubing - the main tools needed to re-stock a

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reservoir. Around 1,400 rainbow trout are

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being put in the reservoir here today and that's in preparation for

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the fishing season which begins next Wednesday. Last year the

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largest fish caught here weighed in at 5lb 14oz but of course the

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fishing is only good if the water levels are sufficient.

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Hawkridge is full, as are nearly all of our reservoirs, and we're in

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a much more fortunate position than other parts of the country.

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It's so full, in fact, water is falling over the dam wall at the

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end. But there's no complacency here, customers are still being

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asked to use supplies carefully. If you look at the rainfall here

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over the weekend, which was heavy for a few hours, people may think

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that's going to fill everything up but it's not the case. What we need

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ideally is more long term persistent drizzle conditions which

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will fill the ground up slowly rather than the rain we had at the

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weekend. The levels will naturally dip

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during the summer months, but for the moment the fish are happy

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enjoying 864 million litres on offer.

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Football, and at last Bristol City supporters have something to smile

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about. The team recorded their first win in eight matches last

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night. It means they're now five points above the relegation zone as

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points above the relegation zone as Matthew Pick reports.

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City fans would have been forgiven for thinking here we go again when

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Lloyd Dyer put Leicester in front. Yet strikes from Kalifa Cisse and

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then Brett Pitman either side of half-time put the home team ahead.

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Leicester looked to have taken a point with an equaliser before John

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Stead was on hand to score the winner. It's only the second time

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this season that City have scored three in a match. To do it the way

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we did it against that team and scored three goals was a great

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testament to the players. Six wins from nine games make

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Yeovil one of the form teams in League One. Gavin Williams' strike

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was the difference at MK Dons. Swindon's lead at the top of League

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Two is now six points after a 4-0 win over bottom club Dagenham and

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Redbridge. Billy Bodin scored on his return to starting line-up

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before further strikes from Joe De Vera, Luke Rooney and Paul Benson.

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This weekend they play Cheltenham, who remain second despite a 3-1

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defeat at Morecambe. Darryl Duffy's 15th goal of the season had put

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them ahead. But defending from crosses may be on Cheltenham's

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training schedule for the rest of the week. Bristol Rovers manager

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Mark McGhee claimed his side looked like a team that didn't have

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anything to play for as they went three goals down inside 20 minutes

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at Northampton. It got better after that when first Craig Stanley and

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then Lee Brown from the penalty spot gave the scoreline some

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I was walking across the car park here last night and I heard a great

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cheer from the football ground and it must be at least a mile-and-a-

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half away! All this week swimmers from the

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West have been battling against the best of British to clinch a place

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on the Olympic team. Tonight Zoe Gough travelled to the Aquatics

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Centre to watch them make the finals and catch up with some of

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our other hopefuls. Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson

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finally booked their spots. Nerves, drills and anticipation.

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For our swimmers, this is where dreams can be made. Bath's Chris

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Walker-Hebborn can afford to look relaxed. His big night isn't until

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tomorrow. Words cannot describe it. I am trying not to think about it

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too much. It would be a dream come true and it is not unachievable.

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That is what I have my sights set on. I have to focus on making their

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way through the rounds. With so many top class swimmers

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here, there has been agony too. Siobhan Marie O'Connor, just 16,

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missed out in her best event. The teenager from Bitton was watched by

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mum and dad. Absolutely gutted. It wasn't a good swim. I am not happy

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with their it. When it doesn't workout, it is hard for them,

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especially at 16 to cope with the pressure. It is so tough. We have

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to pick up and try and get her ready for tomorrow and the next day

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and the next day and to carry on. She is very tough.

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Tonight Bath boys Michael Jamieson, Andrew Willis and Kris Gilchrist

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went head to head and this is what happened.

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Very fast, that is absolutely brilliant. Andrew Willis. All the

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success and the excitement in the West!

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I always will sorry for the one who does not make it.

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I know! Lovely sunshine in part.

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Lovely sunshine in part. 16 ongoing but it took a while!

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Once we cleared the rain out of the way.

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Some of us work late and lie in! We have a dichotomy in the weather

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for the gardeners and the growers are monks to do. Today's rain is

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likely to be their last we see it for a while. The frost will equally

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be the last we see for a little while. There are rivers looking

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parched and the lack of rainfall is looking rather concerning. Less

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concerning if you have an interest in the Cheltenham Festival which is

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one week away. I will be keeping your forecasts updated on twitter.

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The first of those are already up. It looks like it will be a week of

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pretty benign and dry and mild weather. That applies to all of you

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across our district. Tomorrow it there will be sunshine after a

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chilly start with more cloud increasing during the day. There

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will be high cloud at first with increasing amounts of low-level

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cloud later in the afternoon. There are just a few showers to get out

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of the way this evening and then we will be in for a dry night. The

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wind will slacken away and it will be chilly for us all. After the

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Cold start tomorrow there is a good deal of sunshine and cloud

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increases in the afternoon. The detail for this evening and tonight.

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The winds were a feature of today. They will ease the way and the last

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of the showers will ease the way just as they are right now. We will

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have slacker wins and clearer Sky Blues. -- skies. At the very least

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there will be patchy thrust about for many of you in that her first -

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- first hours of tomorrow morning but we are not expecting fog. As we

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get later into the morning, the high cloud will start to make a

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disappearance and the sunshine will turn hazier. In the afternoon there

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will be mid-level and then low level cloud and generally speaking

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it will be cloudier for us all by the afternoon. It will remain dry.

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The wind is a good deal lighter than today. It will feel pleasantly

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spring-like. Looking beyond that, before casting problem is a fairly

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simplistic one, it is about how the cloud cover will behave. That will

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dictate all the fortunes as far as the temperatures. They should be

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decent weather at times over the weekend and a lack of frost should

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be welcome for gardeners who have been out to the garden centres in

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the sunshine. Thank you very much. You are

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working late tonight as well so you can also stay in bed tomorrow!

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Its official! Just to let you know that the

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