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

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A controversial campaign by animal lovers. They put up posters

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claiming that eating meat is making us dangerously fat.

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A life inside - praise for Shepton Mallet prison, despite big cuts to

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its budget. Meet Roger - is he the most

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economical water user in the west? And Bristol makes it through to the

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top three in the contest to find Good evening. A vegan campaign

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group has targeted Gloucester, saying that eating meat will lead

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to an early grave. A poster has gone up showing a coffin shaped pie

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saying, Fight Obesity - Go Vegan. The campaigners say they've chosen

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the city because a new mortuary has just opened which can accommodate

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Health services have had to adapt to an obesity epidemic. There are

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now special ambulances, wider wheelchairs and stronger operating

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tables. And now, although it is not the first in the country, any more

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tree has opened that can cope with bodies wake up to 50 stone and that

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is why the city have been targeted by this poster. Some of it has

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already been torn down. billboard tells it like it is. We

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want people to be aware that eating meat pies and pastis is detrimental

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to their health. Eating meat is also detrimental to the environment.

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They campaign has not gone down well with an industry that relies

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on people eating meat. This Butcher says that he is all for a healthy

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diet, but PETA are scaremongering. Meat is very good for you and I

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don't know many butchers who are ill. Although obesity has to be

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tackled, this poster is not the way to get the message across. However,

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research carried out at the Harvard Medical School says eating meat can

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shorten your life. Having a vegan diet can help with things like

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heart disease. Only thing is meat and dairy do provide essential

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vitamins. Meanwhile, PETA say they have not decided whether they will

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replace their poster or if it is the start of a much wider campaign

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to fight obesity. Joining us now is Tam Fry from the

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National Obesity Forum. Good evening. We have bigger

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ambulances, reinforced hospital beds and now a mortuary in

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Gloucestershire that has to be bigger to do with it these people.

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What is going on? Well, I think you have had an interview with a

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butcher that has said there is nothing wrong in eating meat. We

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have eaten meat for centuries and we have not been fat. The most

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important thing is the way you eat it and the amount you eat. Meat

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will not make you fat, it is the quantities you consume and

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particularly if you do not take the physical exercise to burn it off.

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Wyatt are we getting fatter? There are a number of reasons and you

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have to be careful, or PETA have to be careful when doing this kind of

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exercise that they are not insulting those people who for many

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reasons are obese and they have a disposition to become a piece,

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particularly because of genetic reasons. What is the solution? Is

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it down to each individual responsibility and discipline?

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solution is really people taking personal responsibility and been

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educated. One of the things we are lacking at the moment is that

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people who have a tendency to become obese are not educated in

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good food. Unfortunately, sometimes they don't cook and rely on ready

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meals and junk food. Thank you for joining us.

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Shepton Mallett prison, the oldest working jail in the country, has

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had hundreds of thousands of pounds axed from its budget. But a radical

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merger with Erlestoke prison in Wiltshire has helped staff cope

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with the cuts and the Somerset establishment has been awarded top

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marks by independent inspectors. Our Home Affairs Corresopondent

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Steve Brodie went to see for himself.

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The exercise yard at Shepton Mallett hasn't changed very much

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since the jail opened for business in 1610. Apart from a small gym,

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it's the only area where offenders can move freely. 70% of the 189

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inmates are serving life for murder. The rest are seeing out long

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sentences for serious sex offences. This 400-year-old prison has not

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escaped the Government's spending cuts. �700,000 has been slashed

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from the budget here. Savings have been achieved by sharing staff with

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Erlestoke prison in Wiltshire. Andy Rogers is not only the

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Governor here at Shepton Mallett, but he is also in charge of

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Erlestoke. The cuts mean that he and other staff travel backwards

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and forwards the 22 miles which seperate the two prisons. And in a

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bid to make up for the budget reductions, there are now links

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with local businesses. Efficiencies are everywhere in the public sector.

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We will not compromise aware security. We will reduce risks

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through rehabilitation. We are linking in a different way with

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outside industry and the voluntary sector. We need to reduce risks

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with prisoners and we cannot do that in isolation.

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Given the type of offender, you would expect an atmosphere of

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tension or frustration at the long years behind bars. The prison has

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141 cells with 24 where offenders have to share. There are six

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prisoners here over 70 and the average age is 47. But a recent HMI

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report praises the prison for its relationships. Prisoners have work

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hard to build those relationships with staff. It is a community,

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prisoners Lippiett 24 hours a day. Staff work here at least 39 hours a

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week so it is important to have good relationships.

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One prison officer told me that as the inmates are here for long

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periods they look after their own envionment. Drug offending is

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almost non existint and the inspection by the prison service

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revealed few cases of bullying and described Shepton Mallett as "safe".

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A description shared by the woman responsible for the jail when the

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Governor is away at Erlestoke. way you are treated by offenders is

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related to how you treat them. Providing you treat them decently,

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they have no reason other than to treat you decently. I have no

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concerns at all about working with male offenders. I have only ever

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worked with male offenders and I feel very safe here.

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A little over a year ago there was a question mark over the prison's

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future, but with the sharing of costs and staff with Erlestoke,

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that fear has disappeared. The old Civil War jail is not for closure

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just yet. You are watching BBC Points West. If you are still on

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your Easter holidays, lucky you! Still to come - no more of their

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time buses for thousands of homes in Bradley Stoke. And a marathon

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undertaking - we meet the man who is getting ready to run from Paris

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to London. For decades they were the only way

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for many young people to get started in farming. Tenant farms,

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owned by local councils and rented to those without the means to buy

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their own land. But a new survey claims that in the last decade more

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than 1,000 have been sold off by councils struggling to make ends

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meet. In the West most councils are selling rather than keeping. But

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there are a few areas bucking the trend. Clinton Rogers has been

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examining the differences in a tale of two farms.

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Ben and Neville are both tenant farmers. Both have councils as

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their landlords. Yet their fortunes couldn't be more different. Ben's

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Farm is owned by Somerset County Council. Short of cash, they have

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sold 18 of their agricultural holdings in the last three years

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alone. Ben's Farm is not on it for sell list yet, but he feels when

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his tenancy runs out in three years that could change. This is meant to

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be a secure place for someone like me to get into farming. It is

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difficult. Land prices are rising, so I cannot afford to buy anywhere.

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Contrast that with this dairy unit just 20 miles away. Neville's

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landlord is Dorset County Council, who have decided to invest in their

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farms. They have spent more than to have and �50,000 hit improving farm

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buildings. Neville's future looks secure. They have developed their

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plan over the last 10 years to improve the farms they have got and

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it beat tenants more of a viable chance of making a success of it.

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survey by a farming newspaper claims that thousands of farms have

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gone and now farmers' leaders are calling for a change of heart among

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its local politician. They are selling of the family silver in the

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short-term interest. Whereas keeping these farms is a sensible

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thing to do. We have a tale of two counties here. Dorset have been

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smart, Somerset has been stupid. Somerset save the decision to sell

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his financial and they have raised �10 million to invest in local

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services. Prudent housekeeping, they say. Short-sightedness, say

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their opponents. Airbus in Bristol will benefit from

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a new order worth around �2 billion. It means jobs at the design

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facility in Filton should be safe for the foreseeable future.

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Indonesian airline Garuda has agreed to buy 11 of the A330 planes.

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Prime Minister David Cameron says he hopes other British firms will

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also profit from the sale. One man from Gloucestershire is more

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prepared than most fog of dry spell. Roger Cox is practically self-

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sufficient when it comes to water and despite being connected to the

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mains, he hardly ever it needs to use it.

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Check in upon suppliers. Roger Cox does not need to worry though about

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where the next few gallons are coming from. He has got his own

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underground tank. All the water that comes off this garage goes

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into this tank. When it is full, the over float goes underground to

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a tank that Warhol 2,500 gallons of water. That in turn is pumped up

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into a big tank in the loft, which then suppliers all the taps in my

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house, with the exception of one. Roger has lived here his entire

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life and he has always done the same. To him, water is a precious

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resource we should use sparingly. He only has one tap in his house

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that is connected to the mains water. His bills are low - just �34

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last year. Of course, not everyone can be as water efficient as Roger.

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Getting set up to this extent takes time and effort, but he says it is

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worth it. And he may be bright. Thames Water customers are already

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subject to a hosepipe ban and Business owners are concerned.

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under the understanding we can use hosepipes for work purposes, but

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house owners cannot use them to water their gardens. I think the

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bourse need to be made a lot clearer. -- rules need to be made a

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lot clearer. If they are not watered, the plants will die.

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in Gloucestershire, but just as we can all too aware bit and his top

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tips for saving water? Use a water butt, used dirty dishwater for the

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garden and don't water the lawn. People living in Bradley Stoke in

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South Gloucestershire say changes to the local bus service have left

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them cut off and isolated. Wessex Buses say it's been forced to make

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the changes because of the rise in fuel prices. From May, there'll be

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no service at all until 7.30pm, which residents say will affect the

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elderly, disabled and people with young children. Better public

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transport - it is meant to be the solution to traffic congestion,

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pollution and climate change. But instead of more buses, Bradley

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Stoke is getting few were. Cuts to services will mean people living in

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the south of the area facing a wall of up to 45 minutes to their

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nearest.. A I am very angry. We are not talking about a small village.

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We are talking about the town of over 28,000 people. They are

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effectively cutting us off from any of the facilities we want to get to.

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Wessex Buses will be cutting bus routes, meaning there will be none

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at all during the day south of Tesco. I will need to leave 45

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minutes earlier. I will need to walk up to the main note to get the

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bus. Wessex have blamed the proposed cuts on the economic

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climate, specifically the government's increase in fuel duty,

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reduction of their grant and increasing fuel costs. But

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passengers saved the service is unreliable and at some bus-stops

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there aren't even any timetables. If they cannot make a bus service

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in this area commercial, I don't know what services they can make

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commercial. I am not an expert in running a bus company, but you

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would think that with this number of people, the bus service would

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work. The cuts are due to come in on 20th May. Unless an agreement

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can be reached with the council, thousands of homes will be left

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without a public transport service. Bristol could be the green capital

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of Europe in two years time in a competition run by the European

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Commission. 19 cities put their names forward, with Bristol,

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Frankfurt and Copenhagen now in the final. If we win, Bristol would

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have to stage a year of green events. Well, Andrew Plant is out

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and about in Bristol right now. It wasn't so long ago that cities

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were almost entirely judged on their industrial output and Bristol

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was pretty good at that. It left a legacy we can still appreciate

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today. But these days, cities are judged on their environmental

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credentials and it seems Bristol is doing well in that respect. It is

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because of scenes like this one PCT is slugging it out with some big

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names in Europe to be crowned European green capital in 2014.

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Cycling along the scenic rivers of Amsterdam, or strolling through the

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streets of Stockholm - been environmentally friendly is a must

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for any self-respecting city. Now Bristol is in competition with

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Europe's biggest names, already beating Vienna and Paris to become

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green capital of an entire continent. The council are

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constantly championing Bristol's green credentials. We care about

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higher recycling and in the city centre, you can see traffic sitting

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idly. So can Bristol compete? you consider that we actually did

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better on the 12 indicators than Paris, Vienna and Brussels, it says

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a lot about what we are doing here. We have cause for confidence and

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there is a good chance we could win it. So what exactly would winning

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do for the city? Last year's holders Hamburg says there are

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benefits. There was international recognition. We have finally

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succeeded into converting the false image of what Humbert is. We have

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industry, but there are a lot of parks and green areas. A I think

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there are a lot of green spaces are. -- I think. I am not sure. I think

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the council should do more about the rubbish. People like to get out

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and walk. They don't want to be driving around polluting the place.

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Bristol will find out if it has won the title at the end of June,

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leading the way for the whole of the UK for the chance to be

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officially voted a very pleasant place to be. So, June, a delegation

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from the council will go to Brussels to make Bristol's case. If

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they are successful, the city will have the title in 2014. There will

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also be required to put on 8 year's worth of green exhibitions. They

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are already asking for the public's suggestions of what those events

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should consist of. You can put your suggestions for what through the

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Council website. -- suggestions forward.

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Football now, and Swindon Town fans could be banned from attending away

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games. There is a dispute over at the number of officers needed to

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police matches. As a result, the game will have to be played behind

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closed doors. A man from Bristol will be taking

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on an incredible challenge this month, running more than 260 miles

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in just eight days from Paris to London. It all starts this Sunday

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when Neville Parnell, who's from Hanham, will take part in the Paris

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Marathon. He'll then keep running north until he reaches London,

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where he hopes to compete in the London Marathon the following

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Sunday. And Neville is here with us now. Thanks for coming in to see us.

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I can see you have honestly been training. That is a tremendous

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thing that you are trying to do. Yes. Hopefully I will get the whip.

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After suffering a lifetime of neurological problems, a couple of

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years ago I took up running and so far I have done three major

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marathons - Paris, New York and Edinburgh. So this year I decided...

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It to put them all together! It is quite something, to be inspired by

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what has happened to you, but why does it mean so much to you? It is

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important to me because it has made me realise is that not many people

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talk about neurology. It is a taboo subject and I want to raise money.

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If you can do-it-, then it is worth it. You are doing the Paris

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Marathon and then running to London. How many miles is that? Between 180

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and 200 miles. You are taking all your possessions? Yes. Everything

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is in this back. Or your life is in there. -- or your life. You have

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not got a great back-up team? haven't. I am hoping to do it so

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low. When I get into London, I am meeting up with some of the staff

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who treated me in hospital and they will be running the last few miles

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with me. And very briefly, you want to raise 50,000? Yes. I am up to

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around �23,000. Thank you for coming in, and good luck. And now

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for the weather. Just over might soldier is the back

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edge of a big thunderstorm disappearing into North East

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Somerset. Tomorrow, a replica of these conditions. Low pressure sits

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close at hand. You will see how the showers have been falling and you

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will notice that some of them have been pretty heavy. West Somerset

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has remained in the clear. There has been some lightning as well.

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The bond a risk is easing away and as we go into this evening and

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tonight, the shower was well die away. -- the showers will die away.

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They could be some frost tomorrow morning as temperatures go down to

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two Celsius. Tomorrow morning, pretty much the same as today. We

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will followed this a familiar pattern with beach showers Peking

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during the afternoon. They are clustered more towards the east and

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north of our work region. -- of our work region. That threat of thunder

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tomorrow is less than it was today. As we saw today, if you were in the

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sunny spells, it feels decent enough for this time of year.

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Beyond that, Friday will be showery and you will notice the

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temperatures easing away as cold air comes in from the north. That

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will also be a feature for the weekend. Showers on Saturday and

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Sunday, Monday looks dry. Rain on the way on Tuesday.

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