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Hello and welcome to BBC Points West, the headlines this evening:

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Fly-tipping increases and recycling falls - one year on we assess the

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impact that charges have had at rubbish sites in Somerset.

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Disadvantaged young people or copycat crime? A new report looks

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at the causes of last summer's riots.

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Also tonight: Crackdown in Swindon - plans to ban the sale of eggs to

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teenagers after they are used in gang attacks.

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RFU years ago it was just scripted to Easter and Hallowe'en, but it is

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not like that anymore. It is happening all the year round.

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Life's a beach as the sunshine continues, but did we break that

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Good evening. There has been a dramatic increase

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in fly-tipping in Somerset since the council reduced the opening

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hours of recycling centres in the county and the number of people

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using them has fallen away. One site, which has started charging an

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entry fee, has seen the number of visitors drop by half. It has been

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a year since the changes were introduced. The council says in

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that time nearly �2 million have been saved. Clinton Rogers reports.

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Taunton's main recycling centre shut today. But there are still

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plenty unaware and unimpressed that the opening hours of centres across

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Somerset were reduced a year ago. You can put damaging your bins nine,

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either. They won't take this, one Take That's, and you can't take it

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on your day off when you need to. 20 miles away, this is Crewkerne

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recycling centre, one of the first in the country to start charging an

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entrance fee a 12 months ago. But the �2 barrier charge has led to a

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drop of up almost half in the number of people coming here.

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annoys me a bit, so we don't come so often. It encourages people to

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fly to it, doesn't it? And as if to prove his point, we found this in

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woodland right next to a road just two miles from Crewkerne's

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recycling centre. In fact official figures show that in the first

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eight months after these changes were introduced there was a 56%

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increase in the number of reported cases of fly-tipping. And there was

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a big drop in the number of people using recycling centres, some down

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20%, some as much as 50%. But the people in charge of recycling in

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Somerset say usage is going up again... And fly tipping complaints

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are levelling off. Financially, they say reducing opening hours,

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introducing barrier fees in some sites and charging people to

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recycle certain types of waste have achieved greater savings than had

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been anticipated. We set out a year ago to make �1.9 million worth of

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savings over two years and we actually have achieved most of that

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in the first year, which means that sites like this have remained open.

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Critics will argue the savings only prove that fewer people are using

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the sites, and a significant number are choosing the illegal

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Avon and Somerset police have admitted today they don't know if

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they warned the Passport Office about the child rapist Lewis Knight.

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Knight fled to Spain in 1999 after he was charged with raping paper

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girls who worked in his newsagents in Bath. The police had seized his

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passport, but Knight obtained a replacement, claiming he had lost

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his original. He was eventually tracked down and on Monday was

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jailed for 15 years. Today the police said they should have

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informed the Identity and Passport Service about Knight's bail

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conditions, but as this occurred some years ago it is now not

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possible to confirm that this happened.

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A report published today is critical of Gloucester Prison's

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accommodation. The Independent Monitoring Board says this issue,

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despite being highlighted as a problem for several years, has

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still not been properly addressed. The report has seriously criticised

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the state of the Victorian buildings at the prison.

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The Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani will find out this Friday if

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he has won his High Court appeal against an order extraditing him to

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South Africa. The authorities want him to face charges about plotting

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his wife's murder. Lawyers for Mr Dewani asked judges to block it,

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claiming his mental health has deteriorated so badly he can't be

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sent back. A report into the causes of the

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summer riots has blamed a lack of aspiration and opportunities for

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young people for causing the violence. It also says more work

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needed is needed to improve re- offending rates. But those affected

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here in the West say the disorder in Bristol and Gloucester was

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simply a copycat reaction to what was happening elsewhere. Steve

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Knibbs reports. The disorder here, many argue was

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just a copycat reaction to what was happening in London. It is hoped

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that this report will go to some way to explaining why normal

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streets suddenly became a no-go areas one summer's night. Riots,

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disorder, violence, call it what you will. Although not on the scale

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of the trouble in London, it blighted areas in two of our major

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cities. The report blames young people's relationship with their

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communities, a lack of education and aspiration and no sense of

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responsibility, but how relevant is that to what happened here? Kieron

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was sent to prison for his role in the Gloucester riots. Now he wants

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to change his own fortunes and volunteers at this community

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project with young people. I know right from wrong. I know that

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spending time in jail is not the way forward. That is why I chose to

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find a way to help people, not go down the road I went down. This

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jewellers in Bristol was left with a �25,000 bill after the shop was

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looted by a gang of rioters. The manager believes they weren't

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disenfranchised or poorly educated young people, they were just

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copycats. Maybe in central London, yes, they might be true, but for

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the Bristol area, I think it was just a copycat situation. They saw

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people getting away with that in London, so why not do it here, as

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well? The police were stretched in Bristol and Gloucester last summer

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and were criticised in the report for not building confidence with

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younger people, something that is now changing. It is something

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doubly concentrated you're on InterCity to make sure that young

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people have of voice so they can tell us where we are getting things

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right, and to create an environment where they can come and tell us

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were we are not getting things right. Whether the report is

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relevant to the riots in the West or not is debatable, but there is

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consensus that work must be done to ensure it doesn't happen again,

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copycat or not. Well, tonight I am here at the Youth Peace Project in

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Gloucestershire, which was set up shortly after last summer's

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violence. Delroy is the project manager. This project was not set

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up in response to the riots, but came in just afterwards. What

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difference has it made? The it makes a massive difference. We have

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a hundred and 20 young people attending. It has made a massive

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difference to parents none that they can send their kids some were

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safe and the staff are qualified and they're getting involved in

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many activities for music, dance, drama. This report today said that

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young people are disenfranchised and don't have a lot of confidence

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what society, a bad relationship with the police. We have had

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problems in Gloucester. It is everywhere, but what we're trying

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to do is not stamp it out, but work with this system and allow young

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people to get involved that is provided for them so they don't

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have to be involved in the criminal justice system. Nelson, I noticed

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this has made a difference for you. It has, really. We do music videos

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for a lot of artists. But has been going really well. He brought us

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through with her first funded film. Without him, we would not have been

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able to do this. For you as a musician, what opportunities is

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this is brought you? It has given me a platform, some work to start,

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to help me promote myself as an artist. If it wasn't for this place

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I would not have any motivation. Fletcher, if it wasn't for this

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place, you said you would potentially be on the streets

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causing trouble? This this has given me an opportunity to do

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something with my life, something positive. Working with kids has

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made you realise to do something of one to do with my future. D'you

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think this area is recovering after the riots? Yes, mainly because of

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Delroy and the King said he does. He takes kids off the streets and

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go so something positive to do. are supporting the astute project

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because you know the difference it can make. Yes, we set up a martial

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arts academy last September. We have a 12 month contract to help

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keep the kids off the streets and give them some were to come on a

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Monday evening. We normally accommodate between 40 and 60

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children. It really seems to be working. They come with some

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attitude, but we're stumping that out slowly and they are working

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towards their grades. That is it from the youth peace project. I

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promised them they could do this. You are watching BBC Points West on

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what could be the hottest day of the year so far. Jemma's here with

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the weather shortly. There is lots more besides on the programme,

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including: The past that will be here for the future - thousands of

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artefacts from a Bristol museum will stay in the city.

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Performing their personal stories - Bristol hosts the international

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First, more news from around the West tonight. Some councillors in

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Swindon are calling for a ban on the sale of eggs to groups of

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teenagers after a spate of attacks in recent weeks. The local

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authority will now debate how to limit supplies to gangs at a

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meeting later this week. Here's Luke Hanrahan.

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It's a hazard of the job - a show of contempt from the public, messy,

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a little painful, but mostly to a politician's pride. But it's not

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just politicians who are targeted. It is on streets like this in

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Swindon that there's been an increase in the number of people

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who're woken up by the thud of eggs on their front doors. And they

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don't get the joke. It is not nice having stuff: After house anyway. I

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have been unfortunate in that some have missed my house and hit my

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conservatory. It is not nice. You don't like to have to going clear

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this stuff up. It may not always be young people. I can't understand

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why people have to do this. Tomorrow evening, Swindon Borough

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Councillors will be debating how best to crack down on this problem.

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A few years ago it was restricted to Easter and Hallowe'en, but it is

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not like that anymore. It happens all the year round. So concerned is

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the community here that they are even thinking of stopping teenagers

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buying eggs altogether. Bristol City Council's opposition

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parties have won the right to ask people how often they should vote

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for council members. Currently they face a vote every year for three

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years and have one year off. But the Conservatives and Labour groups

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want just one election to take place every four years. The matter

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will be put to the public before the summer and a further debate

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will take place afterwards. The former home of Bristol's Empire

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and Commonwealth Museum could become a rail platform for fast

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trains to London. It follows a decision by the museum's trustees

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to hand over its collection of 50,000 artefacts to the city

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council. These will now be displayed at the city museum at the

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top of Park Street. But it's not just the contents that are being

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handed over, as Andrew Plant explains. We have this wonderful

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building here. This Grade 1 building has long been home to more

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than 50,000 pieces of Bristol's history. But Brunel's old passenger

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shed is now looking towards a new future as part of Bristol's

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Enterprise Zone. Either of the building will be used to further

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improve the fast services from Bristol to London. The other

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possibility is that the building will be used for business activity,

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creative industries. Back in 2007 this slavery exhibition cost �2

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million, mostly Lottery funding, but after five years housing the

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areas imperial artefacts trustees announced the displays would move

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to London where museums tend to be rather better attended. Today,

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though, news that though the exhibits are right now being

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counted, recorded and packed up, they will stay on display in the

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city. This is such a unique and internationally significant

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collection, there is not a collection of our defects like it

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that tells the story of the former empire and doubt the Commonwealth.

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We're very excited to have it with us. It'll make a fantastic addition

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to our collection. It opened back in 2002, paid for by some wealthy

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benefactors. A decade on its exhibits could soon be back on

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display in the city museum. But Brunel's passenger shed will have a

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new purpose, perhaps once again sheltering those going to and from

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Two tourist attractions in our region are battling it out for a

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prize worth thousands of pounds. Judges for the Art Fund Prize today

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visited the MShed in Bristol. It's one of 10 attractions which has

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made it onto the shortlist. The money is awarded to galleries and

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museums which make art accessible to the public. The other building

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in the running in our area is The Holbourne Museum in Bath.

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Disappointment for Bristol Rovers last night when their good run of

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form came to an end at Aldershot. Rovers dominated the game and had

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the best early chance, but Andy Dorman shot wide. Aldershot took

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the lead just before half-time when Rovers failed to clear the ball.

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Peter Vincenti's shot beating goalkeeper Scott Bevan. Mustapha

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Cariol came close to an equaliser after this run, but he put his shot

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wide. Aldershot managed to cling on for the 1-0 win, surviving this

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goalmouth scramble late in the game. It was Rovers' first defeat in five

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matches. A group of Wiltshire teenagers have

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won funding from their local council to pay for them to wrestle.

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The money awarded to pupils at Rowde School is paying for classes

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with professional coaches. James Hassam went along to see them

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showing off their moves. It is not every day you get a

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polite round of applause for throwing your mates on the floor.

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But for these teenagers at Rowde Youth Club, this form of aggression

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is both controlled and fun. I enjoy it because we used to just throw

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each other about. Bobby can do it properly, safely. The reason they

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get to do that is a grant worth nearly �2,000. Secured thanks to

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these two. Someone on the Youth Council organised it for everybody.

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This one came up, so we thought we would get the money for that.

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accounts will give us an extra �75 for the most innovative idea, I

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think. The money they won paid to bring Kyle here. He is a

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professional wrestler, showing this lot some of the tricks of the trade.

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I may not be dressed for it, but it seems this lot were prepared to let

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me leave without finding out for myself what all the fuss is about.

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Go on then, do your worst! Theatre groups from all over Europe

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are in Bristol for the city's first ever international festival of

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community theatre. In a series of performances, the actors tell their

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personal stories of leaving home and starting new lives in a

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different country. Tracey Miller What was it like to leave your home

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in Jamaica and emigrate, possibly forever? In the 50s and 60s we were

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all young girls living a life back home. We heard about England, a

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land of opportunity and a better place to live. It is sold their

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stories and it is told with the huge amount of joy and fun, as well

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as some very moving moments. I feel very emotional thinking about those

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days. These performers from St Paul's in Bristol hope the younger

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generation will learn something. That was then and this is now, but

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they should realise that what was happening then has made it better

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for them now. This performance is just part of an international

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festival that has seen groups arrive from Germany, Holland and

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Poland. 15 of the festival is about crossing borders and high people

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move from one country to another and see what happens elsewhere in

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the world because there is some very exciting theatre going on and

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we have managed to bring it to Bristol. This group from Poland

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have used life-size puppets to express their dream of a new start.

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Today, they are doing a workshop with their Dutch counterparts. The

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groups are from different countries, but share their personal stories of

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life in a new country. It is lovely. I like the limelight!

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Next, hotter than parts of Spain and Italy. Yes, that's us! The West

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has been enjoying yet another stunning day, basking in really

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warm sunshine. Of course it's been glorious all week, but today was

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supposed to have been the warmest day of all - possibly breaking

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records set back in the 1960s, but did it really get that hot?

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Did the break that record? Well, did we or didn't we? I to know the

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answer. I will bring you more in my forecast in a few minutes. Either

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way it was a glorious day at unbroken sunshine. Still no rain,

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which is not good news for the farmers, but most of a just wanted

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to get out and enjoy it. Hundreds of people turned out in Weston-

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super-Mare to enjoy the weather, and we went to join them.

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Sandcastles on the beach, and it's not even April! Weston was packed

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with everyone making the most of the warm sun. We always holiday in

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England, so we just take the weather as it comes. If it rains,

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it rains, it and this weather is just a bonus. A I can't remember it

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being like this in March. I think it has got a lot of people out,

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they are not open. Long may it last. Absolutely wonderful, so we're

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making the most of it. It was a good excuse for ice cream instead

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of sandwiches. Everyone, well almost, was loving it! No-one here

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can ever remember it being this busy in March. We had a wonderful

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weekend, just short of 10,000 visitors on Saturday, and about the

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same on Sunday. But he day in the summer is 20 or 25,000, so having

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half that on March weekend is just amazing. The warmest it has ever

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been in our area at this time of year was 47 years ago. On 29th

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March 1965 the mercury reached 21.7 degrees Celsius in Filton. So far

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this week it's been hot, but would today break that record? As it

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turned out, the sea breeze stopped Weston breaking any record highs.

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Not that anyone here or elsewhere was complaining. Swindon was

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blooming. Gloucester docks, an advert for houseboat living. Hotter

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than Ibiza, Rome and Majorca. Not a bad start to the Spring!

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So no records were broken in Weston super Mare today, Jemma, but did

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anywhere in our area crack that If we take a look again at that

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21.7 Celsius, which is well above the seasonal norm for this time of

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year. But Hammond in 1965. Degree get there today? Not quite. The

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We got to 20.1 degrees. These were the temperatures across the West

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The change in the weather will, at the weekends. That is because of

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high pressure. We can see this big ridge of high pressure that has

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been sitting over us for nearly two weeks is finally beginning to shift

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its way over to the West. That will change the wind direction as you go

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towards the end of the week. Cooler air will start to come in. By

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Friday night we will start to see cloudier conditions. That will set

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the tone for the weekend. This evening and tonight they headlined

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still is that we're looking at these very clear skies. Once the

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sun sets the temperatures will drop sharply and we are looking at

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another court night. So, tonight there will be no mist or fog around,

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but the temperatures will go low. Into tomorrow, it starts cold, no

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two ways about that. It will be clear skies, bright, and sunny. We

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could still beat so the record tomorrow. Once the sun sets

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tomorrow, the clear skies will dominate and the temperatures will

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go low again so another cold start on Friday morning. Clear skies

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again on Friday. Maybe not quite as warm on Friday with the North or

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the air just beginning to pull down. Over the weekend we lose the

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sunshine completely and we go back to normal weather for this time of

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year. It will be a big contrast to what we have had this week!

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I know the farmers and growers are praying for rain. Just before we

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leave you this evening we want to tell you something about something

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special happening tomorrow on Radio Bristol. At 8 o'clock in the

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morning they will be broadcasting about life in the City minute by

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This is radio as you have never heard it before. No soundbites, no

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to hear what makes the region take. From 8 o'clock tomorrow morning our

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reporters will cover every aspect of local life life as it happens

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minute by minute. Follow live up to its online and listen to life as it

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unfolds on BBC Radio Bristol. That is all from us on this

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