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This is Points West. The headlines... Coming to a street

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near you. For the first time since 1948, D Olympic flame is coming to

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the West. We are meeting some of the people on it as torch bearers.

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The inventor of the Trunki switches production from China to the west

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but complains about a lack of support. The manager of Yeovil Town

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urges supporters not to kick up a plan for a supermarket at the

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stadium. The wounded soldier Good evening. Welcome to BBC Points

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West and to the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It is just one of the

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places that will be welcome in the Olympic torch relay later this year.

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They have announced the Reid and you can have a look at that in

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great detail and find out which streets the torch bearers are going

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down and whether they are running, jogging or walking and then you can

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go a long and celebrate with them. According to the route they are

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taking, we have got smaller communities involved. We have got

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places like South weight in Wiltshire and villages in Somerset

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but it will also include memorable landmarks, like Glastonbury Tor,

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Cheltenham Racecourse and Gloucester Cathedral as well. If

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you want to have a look, we will give you all the details in a

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moment but first, we are thinking about the torch bearers because

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they have been announced and for them it is a time of real pride but

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also responsibility. It is a beautiful day to be here in front

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of the Royal Crescent. It is the type of weather conditions they

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will be hoping for on may 22nd at 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the

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Olympic flame troubles along that historic address. It will be in the

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region for four days and will return in July on the final journey

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into the Olympic Stadium. We can have a look at where else it will

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be coming. It reaches us at first in Somerset. This is a quick look

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at the wheat from Taunton. It will be in Wells, where Mary Rand last

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attracted crowds as a gold medallist in 1964. Royal Wootton

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Bassett will once again welcome the world's media. For some people,

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like people on Kingsholm Road in Gloucester, it will come right past

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the front door. More than 100 torch bearers will carry the torch every

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day, each one for about 300 metres. One of them, so defied year old

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George Harding has raised �100,000 for charity, completing a bike ride

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and making it 2 Everest base camp. If I can make a difference, that is

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fine by me. It is just a number of. Age is just a number. Another

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torch-bearer celebrating his Blaire Hannon, who has the honour of

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carrying the torch on the final leg in Bristol. He said, do not drop

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the torch in the water and I have got about 20 lighters in case I

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need to like it again. We are coming from the Ponting and under

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the bridge and we are going up a ramp and we will have a nice walk

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way for me to go along. It is shining a light on the best of the

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region. Now is the chance to pick away you are going to stand for

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that perfect you. -- viewpoint. One torch-bearer told Points West that

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she wished her parents could be out to see her on this very proud day.

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Tonia White is from Taunton and her mother and father were killed in

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the M5 motorway crash last year, which killed seven people. She has

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been chosen to carry the torch through ill Minster. -- Ilminster.

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The news is still sinking in and it has come as a big lift at a

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terrible time. Yesterday, it was Mother's Day. She was back at the

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M5 motorway on the outskirts on Taunton, laying flowers. Just as

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she did for months before after learning that two of the victims of

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one of Britain's worst crashes were her mother and father. Teddy and

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Pamela had been visiting Somerset and were coming back to Wales. She

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was nominated by her employers, an international food chain, months

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ago for the work she does in the community. That was before the

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crash. It changed her life completely. They would be proud. My

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mother was very excited when they found out about the nomination and

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they were coming to support me and I still feel they will be with me.

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They were very proud. That has not changed. Her husband is helping

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with a bit of training. Faster! might not be a long run but he did

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not want to be the one to let the side down. If you want to find out

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exactly where the Olympic torch is going and who the torch bearers are,

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you can visit the BBC website. I had a good look today. This is the

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address. We have got details about the exact route. Almost every half

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an hour. They will have to keep to schedule as well. We have checked

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local newspapers and they said they will be printing a detailed map of

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the route as well in extra editions. If you are not online, you can get

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it from the newspaper. I am leading the bridge and coming back to the

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studio but for now, back to you, David. I hope I do not drop the

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baton. We will see how long it takes for her to get back! Britain

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must borrowed less and make more, that has been the cry of ministers

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trying to revive the economy. When a Bristol entrepreneur decided to

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start manufacturing in the west instead of in China he was amazed

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to find he did not get any government help. With a couple of

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days until the government budget report, we have been looking at

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what local companies need to get going again. Here is our

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correspondent. You have passed the baton to a small business that has

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put Bristol on the map with design and starter packages. These offices

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are really good and they have put a stamp on the place. They do clever

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things here. Like many companies, they leave manufacturing to people

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abroad. A long way from here. We talk about China. In China, it is

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the year of the dragon and people in this company know all about

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defying dragons. Meet Terence and tricksy. The world's first and only

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wide travel brief cases. I am out. I am out. The dragons did not buy

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at six years ago but the public certainly have. It has gone from

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strength to strength and we are exporting to 62 countries. The

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proof is in the finances in the past year. More than �6 million. We

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have got factories in China making be Trunki. But that is changing.

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They have made a decision to make them in the UK and it has been a

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long time coming to do this. from next month, it will be made in

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Devon. They will use the Chinese factory to supply a share but for

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the British market, British manufacturing makes sense. -- Asia.

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We are shipping from the far east and we have got a much more

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sustainable project and production because we are not shipping as far.

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It is a lot more energy efficient as well. It has created 20 jobs in

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Devon and has allowed for further expansion. But this equipment is

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expensive. We are spending half a million on new equipment.

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manufacturers' like this previously had to write off 40 % of that

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investment against the tax bill. That has been halved to 18 %.

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have heard the government saying they are supporting manufacturing

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but when we get down into that, we have not got much support and any

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would be welcome. We have decided that we cannot get it all down

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straight away because it is not possible financially but with more

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support we can bring more products back quicker and employ more people

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and equal pay for itself. It was my pleasure to meet the manager last

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night in a special debate on the Budget which you can see later

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denied. Along with entrepreneurs like him, we had politicians and

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apprentices. We had a very interesting debate. Do you think we

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will get any tax relief on the Trunki? Well, he would have thought

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that capital allowance for machinery and manufacturing would

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be the talk in the public house. It is not usually dad. It is more

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about tax. This could be what makes the difference. Also among the

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politicians, Clare Parry, an MP from Wiltshire, very close to

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George Osborne, was present and she responded. We have got the most

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complicated tax system in the world. I am 6 ft tall and it comes back up

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to my hip. The first thing the Chancellor did was cut corporation

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tax and said it would be the lowest in eg 20 in five years. He cut the

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rate for small businesses further. We might get some allowances which

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would make sense and I would like to see some for capital investment.

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But we must stop fiddling about and micro-manage in. Can they get

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manufacturing going again without sorting out the tax business? You

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like these small details, don't you? Jobs come from investment and

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that is the dilemma. His investment about capital allowances and tax

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breaks for money spent on equipment or does it come from a low headline

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corporation tax? It appears that is what the markets are doing. The

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international markets will invest in this rate. That has been a great

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success for the industry. Look how the motor industry has been helped.

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I do agree that with something like the Trunki, it could lose out to

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what they had before because of capital allowance. That is where

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manufacturing, they would rather have something just for them?

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Investing in equipment, it would be better to have capital allowances

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but the big picture is international investment. That is

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very important and I think that is why corporation tax is very

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important. More about that on Wednesday. But he did not have to

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wait until Wednesday for the Points West debate just after 11 o'clock

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on BBC One. It is a bit late but stay up if you can. Coming up...

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Hands on history at Chedworth Roman villa in Gloucestershire, opening

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A man described as the neighbour from hell after he targeted a young

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family has walked free from court. Jason Hyman terrorised the family

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in Bradley Stoke and has a long list of previous convictions for

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assault and burglary. He was given a suspended sentence.

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Jason Hyman drunk and armed with a bottle attempts to break into the

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hole -- the home of Mohammed. He is captured on CCTV being restrained

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by his partner. Today he arrived in court having already pleaded guilty

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to a string of offences following the attack on the home in Bradley

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Stoke last year. Prosecuted nick O'Brien said it was

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apt to describe him as the neighbour from hell. He explained

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how the neighbours had trouble with him. On one occasion he said I will

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give you a few months to leave all I will make your life hell.

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Constant fear, having to look out the window, CCTV cameras to monitor

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the road, worrying about my family, my wife and child while I am at

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home, two years' worth of hell, something that I wouldn't wish on

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my worst enemies. The court heard how Mohammed, his

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wife and their baby son lived next door to Jason Hyman. Be called the

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police after he tried to break into their house. -- they called the

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police. Sentencing him for another 12 months in prison, QC said your

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behaviour was appalling, you intimidated and threatened your

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neighbours and if you behave like this again you will go to prison.

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When the police raided his house they discovered a samurai sword.

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Magistrates had previously handed him a six-month sentence, suspended

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for 18 months. Today he admitted possessing an offensive weapon.

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Detectives investigating the death of a man in Bristol have charged a

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46-year-old with murder. 32-year- old Gino Nelmes was taken to

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hospital after an incident at a house on Filton Avenue next to the

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Memorial Stadium, but died later. A post-mortem examination shows he

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died from multiple stab wounds. Marc Carter is due to appear before

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court in Bristol tomorrow. More than 600 tons of metal has

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been on the move in Gloucestershire today. Two huge boilers from the

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old Berkeley nuclear power station are on their way to Sweden where

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they will be broken up. People lined the streets of nearby

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villages to watch the convoy go past.

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This month marks the end of an era for hospitals in Bristol and the

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beginning of a new one. Tomorrow on the programme we will be taking a

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first look around the new South Bristol Community Hospital. The �45

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million development will partially replace one of the West's oldest

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medical establishments, the Bristol General Hospital. Our health

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correspondent has taken a nurse who used to work or half a century ago

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for a final, nostalgic tour. -- used to work there.

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When Julia Adams started working here in 1959 p NHS was still in its

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infancy. Hospital was built as a charitable trust in 1853 and ever

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since thousands of patients have been treated.

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This was female ear, nose and throat and it had a small

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children's ward attached. When they came back from Theatre they would

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be here and as they got better they moved down the ward, and where they

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needed most attention they were here.

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This is what remained of the children's ward, burnt down in 1941

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after it was hit by a bomb. Luckily nobody was injured. One of those

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children recently told a hospital that her mother had a funny feeling

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and discharged her beforehand against doctor's advice.

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This was the river. Very smelly, especially about 4 o'clock in the

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morning. We would open windows to let her in and the smell on a hot

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summer's day could be unbearable. This is the nurses' home. We can

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get married, student nurses didn't get married. My bed was under the

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window and all night I had a constant stream of friends coming

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in that way. Nobody Avenue, I don't think I ever got found out --

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nobody ever it new. The last patience to be transferred

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from here will be the beginning of April -- -- the last patients.

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Some fond memories of the Bristol General Hospital.

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The Devil Town manager has joined the debate over the future of Huish

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Park -- Yeovil Town. Every fan at the home game was given a free DVD

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with his picture on the front. He urged them to send a letter of

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support for the redevelopment plans and he met considerable opposition

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from local councillors. If the club gets its way its

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training ground will become a supermarket. The money from the

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deal will be used to upgrade the stadium.

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We are not asking the earth. The car parks are not fit for use, the

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training pitch costs as �50,000 per year to keep. It is not fear for

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training on. In an unusual move every fan was given a little gift

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of a DVD on Saturday, Odin them to support the redevelopment plans. --

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urging them. Help us by getting this in as quickly as you can.

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The facilities may be poor, but on the pitch things were looking

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brighter. The transformation is remarkable. He arrived at the club

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in early January when they were in the relegation zone and in the last

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nine weeks they have won 25 points, gone up nine places in the league,

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and their top scorer Andy Williams has scored 12 goals in 14 games,

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including the Stoop against Walsall. -- these two goals. Not everything

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is rosy. Redevelopment plans have been rejected.

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We support the club and want to see it to thrive and upgrade teed but

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how they go about it is up to them -- up graded. They should follow

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the planning rules. They are considering building a huge shop.

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It is up to the district council to decide on the application on the

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1st May. If the decision doesn't go their way Yeovil Town and Bristol

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City will have something in common, frustrated chairmen.

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A wounded serviceman from Wiltshire is preparing for the climb of his

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life up Mount Everest. Francis Atkinson, a medical officer with 16

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Air Assault Brigade, was injured in Afghanistan in 2011.

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Now he and seven others want to become the first group of injured

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servicemen to scale the world's highest mountain. He joins us now

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in the studio. Welcome.

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The you are a doctor, is that right? Yes, I am. I served in

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Afghanistan between September 2010 and March 2011. I have 120

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paratroopers and I looked after that them -- I look after them when

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they became ill and injured. In March last year I ended up getting

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into an ambush and getting shot through my right upper arm.

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You are still wearing the support here. You cannot work normally, is

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that right? That is correct. When the bullet

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went through my on it destroyed the nerves that supply my hand and as a

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result my right hand doesn't actually work properly. Seeing

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patients is not possible for me for the time being.

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If you haven't been wasting your time. We are going to look at some

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pictures of you in training. Talk us through it.

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We are planning to leave Format Everest in about a week. -- leave

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to go to Mount Everest. We are doing this for a charity called

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Walking with the Wounded. The reason why we are doing this is

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because it is to raise money to help with the real education and

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retraining of injured soldiers. -- re-education. This charity helps

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injured sorties to get we qualified and find a job.

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You have been through this and you can understand what they will go

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through. In preparation for this you have got to mentally prepare

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yourself in some way, haven't you? As well as the physical training.

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Being in the Army gives us an edge because that is our everyday

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existence, to strive and push ourselves and aim high. We are a

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fairly motivated bunch already. We are looking forward to it.

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It is a huge ordeal. Why don't you just put your feet up and relax and

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recover? We like to test ourselves. It was

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the opportunity to climb Everest for such a fantastic calls. Most

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people in the army would have jumped at that opportunity. I

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wasn't going to work for a year so I thought there was a fantastic

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opportunity. We wish you the very best of luck.

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Thank you for coming in. One of the country's finest

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examples of Roman archaeology is being shown off to the public

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following an 18 month conservation project. Some of the mosaic at

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Chedworth Villa in Gloucestershire have not been on display for 150

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years and a new building has gone up to house them and protect them.

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-- mosaics. They have lain here for the past

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1,600 years, remains of what was once the largest and most luxurious

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country villa in Roper and Britain. When the Victorians built a hunting

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lodge they cover much of the precious flooring with a layer of

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tarmac. That is being carefully peeled back.

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It is amazing, the colours are the main thing that strikes you. Blue,

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red, white. They are fresh. You can imagine what they would have looked

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like when they were being reduced and walked on.

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Today children from local schools came to enjoy what was on offer,

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dressing up and making medicine under the watchful eye of a Roman

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soldier. The Romans left in square houses.

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They were very clever people and imaginative.

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Some of them were rich people. They had quite a lot of slaves.

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This building has been incredibly carefully designed to respect the

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original fabric of the building. This suspended walkway it means

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people can peer through and enjoy the mosaic without damaging it in

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any way at all. This was how Chedworth Villa used to look.

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Mosaics were covered by basic sheds. A far cry from this modern piece of

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architecture. Conservation and preservation are what matter here.

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Archaeologists and historians want to keep the golden age of Roman

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Britain alive. As I was leaving the Cilfton

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Suspension Bridge gemma was just turning up and she is there to

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bring this powerful weather forecast. -- bring us hour full

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Glorious sunshine, staying dry. The best of the sunshine today. It was

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clear skies all day. The wind got in the way at times. It didn't stop

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the temperatures achieving double figures across the board. In more

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sheltered spots you could feel the warmth of that sunshine. Generally

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with the wind it was 11 degrees. The reason the weather is staying

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so settled is because of high pressure. If we take a look at the

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pressure chart you can see the area of high pressure over us. It shifts

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eastwards a little bit tomorrow then swings back to the West. A

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settled picture for the rest of the week. This evening and tonight, a

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cold at the moment pick getting milder as cloud spills in. -- but

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getting milder. We may see some patchy drizzle in the cloud. It

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lifts the temperatures so by the end of the night about six or seven.

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Tomorrow, a much milder start. Increasing amounts of cloud. The

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best we can hope for is something in a cloud. Temperatures across the

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board into double figures. Prolonged periods of sunshine.

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Cloud spills in after that making for a mile tonight. The outlook is

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:27:34.:27:36.

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