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Welcome to BBC Points West with Ali Vowles and Sabet Choudhury Our main

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story tonight: The hairdresser murdered while she worked. Police

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launch an investigation as 20`year`old Hollie Gazzard is

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stabbed. This is an incident where the victim and suspect knew each

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other and we need to reassure the community that this is a safe place

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to be. Tonight Hollie's ex`boyfriend is under arrest on suspicion of her

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murder. Also in tonight's programme... Draining the Somerset

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Levels ` the Prime Minister predicts it could take up to six weeks.

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Helping themselves: How the village cut off by the floods has been

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organising its own relief effort. And did the miracle cure work? We

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get the latest on Corin's battle with cerebral palsy. A man has been

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arrested on suspicion of murdering his ex`girlfriend at the

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hairdressers where she worked. Hollie Gazzard, who was 20 years

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old, was stabbed just before six o'clock yesterday evening. She was

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rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to save her life. Andrew

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Plant reports. A busy shopping street in the centre of Gloucester

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taped off as forensic teams searched the area.

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Police called just before 6pm, they say, to reports of a woman being

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attacked inside the Fringe Benefits hair salon. There was a police cars

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and then I had this evening that somebody had been stabbed. `` I

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heard. When police arrived at the salon, they found 20`year`old

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stylist Hollie Gazzard seriously injured. She was rushed to

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Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary ` just a few minutes away. But died

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soon afterwards from the stab wounds she received. Hollie lived locally

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and also worked at this pub a few miles away. And her family released

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a statement, saying, "Everybody she came in contact with loved her,

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enjoyed her company, her happy nature and her sense of fun. The

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world has lost a treasure." The victim and suspect knew each other

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and where any previous relationship and we need to reassure the

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community that this is a safe place to be. The attack happened at 6pm

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yesterday when this salon was open for business and there were staff

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and customers inside and police say they will be referring those people

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to counselling services because they will be traumatised. Police say they

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arrested a 22`year`old man. He's being questioned on suspicion of

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Hollie's murder. David Cameron has described the

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flooding in Somerset as "difficult and depressing." The Prime Minister

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came to the Levels again today ` his third visit to the county since the

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crisis began. He also predicted that it would take

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at least six weeks to clear the excess water away. Scott Ellis

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reports. Mr Cameron was visiting this pumping

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operation today. Like everyone, he is wondering how soon it will be

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since the `` till the water is gone. I said before that things would get

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worse before they got better but we know have a pumping strategy in

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place with more pumps and trying to get the amount of water pumped from

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3 million tonnes to 5 billion tonnes a day. But even with that, the

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maximum capacity, we are looking at six weeks to get the Somerset Levels

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drive. Mr Cameron has pledged to spend as much money as is needed to

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clean up the floods but what about long`term solutions? These engineers

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have been in Somerset all week with the Environment Agency. The country,

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Holland, spends a lot of money on flood defence and what is the

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advice? If you will accept these extreme events, you must be prepared

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for event is a little less extreme. I do not think you should look for a

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quick solution because that might be a mistake for the future. It is

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unlikely we will spend anything like what the Dutch spend on flood

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defence because 60% of the landmass below sea level. We will take on

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board the recommendations they have made. The Environment Agency says we

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can learn a great deal from the Dutch. They have learned to live

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with water rather than fight it So what does this all mean for people

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whose homes are still, in some cases, waist`deep in floodwater

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Well, tonight many of them are in Bridgwater, at a special surgery set

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up for flood victims and Scott's there for us this evening. Scott.

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This is a weekly surgery and these people who are flood victims want to

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find out information. We will top two Jenny who is a part`time vet and

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her husband boss might farm is flooded and all the cattle moved

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off. All three of her children are living in a holiday home nearby

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Difficult and depressing is an understatement. Where is the water

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in your House? The water was up to the inner House so it is very

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difficult and depressing. Maybe the House will not be able to be left

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standing? Yes, we have had two weeks of water and waves and there could

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be structural issues there. Meanwhile, you are running a charity

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helping several farms? There will be more farms affected potentially We

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are doing it on a volunteer basis and that is me and the wife of

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another farmer who are running it out of our bedrooms. We haven't had

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any help from any outside agency. In April and May we normally when the

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castle home but there is no grass for them. Is there a bright side?

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Yes, the community coming together and farmers have been fantastic

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We're getting donations from Scotland and Norfolk and we have two

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thank the farming army. People are really chatting here. If the Dutch

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pumping operation is up to speed, they will open the sluice gates

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Over the last month we've taken you all over the Somerset Levels to meet

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people who've lost their homes, we've shown your shocking images of

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submerged villages but until tonight we've never visited the hamlet of

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Chadmead near North Petherton. There are 30 people living there who

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believe they have been forgotten about, and have built up their own

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resilience, backed up by the kindness of strangers. Fiona Lamdin

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has spent the day with them. After seven weeks, finally help for the

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hamlet of Chadmead. We finish the sketch in three weeks ago but we

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have not even fitted the door knobs. Up till now it's been a

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military operation run on the sympathy of strangers. This is the

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morning handover. Why are you doing it? If I did not do it, who else

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would? How can you ever reward people for helping? She too can all

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our washing away and she loves about 30 miles away. `` she lives. Their

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boiler now broken,this wood is the only way to keep warm. More help at

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hand` not meals on wheels but breakfast in a basket. Sarah in the

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village has organised pasties for people because there was a need for

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a good hot meal. She's delivered 34 so far this morning ` the last one's

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for Roy at the end of the street. Everyone has done so much work on

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the properties the and people will stay put until the water level rises

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and you have got to get out. And just a wade across the water is his

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cousin Ian's House. They've been paddling in puddles for weeks now.

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The daughter and granddaughter have moved out because the so`called but

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there is another six inches to go before the electric beater has to be

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cut off. Ian insists he will go nowhere except to the shops and how

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else would you go there when your wheels are underwater?

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What has struck me is the sheer resilience of the people here who,

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despite these homes being flooded, the residents are going nowhere

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because they are relying on the help of others who are coming in and

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helping them and they are also adapting to life surrounded by

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water. If there is one bright spot to come

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out of this, it is the community spirit.

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I think all of us who have covered this have felt that. Still to

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come... The birds taking shelter after a battering from the storms `

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even the puffins ran out of puff! And right on top ` Bristol's Dino

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Zamperelli is on track with his ambition to get to Formula One.

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A man arrested in connection with the murder of Melanie Hall has been

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bailed again until the end of April while police continue their

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investigation. Melanie, who was 25, was last seen alive leaving a Bath

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nightclub in 1996. Her remains were found four`and` a`half years ago

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next to a slip road off the M5. The man, who's 44, was detained at his

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home in Bath in November. Somerset County Council has

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announced that its Chief Executive, Sheila Wheeler, has left the Council

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by mutual agreement. The news follows speculation over Mrs

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Wheeler's whereabouts, as she hasn't been at work for a couple of months.

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The council says that she's brought major changes to the way that the

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council is run, and that they wish her well for the future. And ?1

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million`worth of cuts and a Council Tax freeze have today been agreed by

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Somerset County Council. This evening the budget will also be set

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in South Gloucestershire. Big savings need to be made by all of

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our councils due to Government spending cuts. There were protests

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yesterday as the budgets were set for Bristol, North Somerset and Bath

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and North East Somerset. You may remember that here on Points

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West, we've been following the story of young Corin Potts who has

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cerebral palsy. He's had an operation to help him walk, which

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his family hope will be a miracle cure. Simon Lewis has been to find

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out how he's getting on. For five=and`a`half`year`old Corin every

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single step is a real stepping stone. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy

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at 18 months, he struggles to walk. He likes to join unlike any other

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child. I am trying. Do they help you? I have been using a frame. Your

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friends help you run the classroom and a really good to you, aren't

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they? Just over a year ago, he underwent pioneering spinal surgery

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at Frenchay Hospital. The new technique wasn't available on the

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NHS so his family had to raise ?35,000 to meet the cost. Although

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not the miracle cure that was hoped for, it has greatly improved his

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mobility. We had hoped he would take independent steps which is our main

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goal but before the operation he was in his wheelchair most of the time

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and now he is in his frame most of the time. His future would have gone

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downhill as he got older and now there is every chance it will keep

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getting better. What he has achieved in that year has already changed his

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life. With no more operations planned, the road to walking is now

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down to painstaking physio and Corin's very clear determination and

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spirit. Bristol Old Vic will find out this

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evening whether it can press ahead with the latest phase of its

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multi`million`pound refurbishment. These are the plans for the building

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on King Street. It would cost around ?12 million, and councillors will

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decide on whether permission will be given tonight. The inside of the

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theatre has already undergone major work. We should have the decision

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for you in our programme at 10. 5pm. The Women's Bobsleigh competition

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has just finished at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. So did Paula

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Walker from Trowbridge and Bex Wilson from Bath manage to get

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anywhere near medal contention? Alistair Durden is here to tell us.

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Not quite but they give it their best shot. At the halfway stage they

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were 12th, so Paula and her brakeman Bex Wilson had a lot to do. They had

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two more runs today to improve on that position. Paula, who's a

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corporal in the British Army, had plenty of support back here in the

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West. They were watching intently here. Paula's full`time army career

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has been put on hold as she pursues her dream. They had a lot to do

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today could the partnership of Paula and Bex Wilson sparkle again? That

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run was good enough to secure a 12th place finish after a season hit by

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injuries. This is a fantastic example of what a soldier can

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achieve in her military career and as an elite sports woman. She is a

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great example for our young soldiers. No Paula will watch John

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Jackson, her partner, complete in following competitions. Yeovil

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missed the chance to move off the bottom of the Championship, drawing

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nil`nil with Watford last night They did have the ball in the net

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early on, but Ishmael Miller was offside so this didn't count. In the

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second half James Hayter had one of Yeovil's best chances. But the

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goalless draw leaves them six points from safety. Bristol racing driver

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Dino Zamparelli is hoping a move to the top team in GP3 will help his

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ambition of making it into Formula One. GP3 is two tiers below F1, and

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he's joining the reigning champions ART Grand Prix for the 2014 season.

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And Dino is here with us tonight. How big a deal is this for your

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career? It is massive. It is an amazing opportunity and they are the

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reigning champions who have won every year and are clearly doing

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something right. They have had Lewis Hamilton and so many famous names

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going through the ranks so for me to be joining a team like this is

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great. How much pressure comes worthless? I always put myself under

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huge pressure but I'd like to thrive under pressure and I feel I do a

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good job and it is something that comes worthless port so I am really

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looking forward to the challenge and I cannot wait to get started. You

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are 20 ten. Lewis Hamilton was 2 when he started in F one. Do you

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have to hit it hard this year to grab your chance? This is my one

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opportunity and I'm very grateful to some of the Bristol sports clubs for

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helping me and without them I would not be here on this so far. It is a

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huge opportunity for me and my goal is clear. It is to win this year and

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I will work extremely hard now and for the rest of the year and

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throughout the weeks before the start of the season to do that. How

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quick is this compared to Formula one? We are very similar and we not

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too far away at all. A driver I was with last year is now in Formula one

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and that shows you the level of competition I am currently art which

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issued. We are very close to the top and it is just a little more work

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and I will be pushing very hard Who is your idol in the sport? I have

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always admired Michael Schumacher and I hope he will get better. Ever

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since I saw him race when I was six years old, I too lots of passion and

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hunger with me and I hope he makes a good recovery. Would you lie to

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drive up and down Bristol if you go that far? I have been up some of

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those roads and they are quite bumpy but Bristol as part of my heart and

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I have lived here long time and was born here and without Bristol Sport

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I would not be here. Good luck with that. And the new GP3 season starts

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on the 10th of May in Spain. That is incredible driving.

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An RSPCA centre in Somerset says it's taken in more than 100 sea

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birds since the beginning of February, partly because of the

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stormy weather. As Michelle Ruminski has been finding out, it's left

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guillemots and seals vying for space. Oiled and beaten by the

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weather, one of the latest storm victims ` a guillemot from Cornwall.

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More than 130 sea birds have been taken to this RSPCA wildlife centre

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in West Hatch since the start of February. We would not necessarily

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see any birds at this time of year. The stormy weather has brought them

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into us and they have been ruled on the sea and a washed up on the

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beaches `` rolled on the sea. In the battle to survive the elements even

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these birds ran out of puff. Normally birds like puffins,

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guillemots and razorbills live out at sea. Since the bad weather,

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they've been found across the West Country, hungry, tired and some

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plastered in oil. With space so tight at the centre, this tank was

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put up as a temporary puffin home while these seals are living in one

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of the bird homes. They came in as orphans, injured in the storms last

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year. They are taking up an awful lot of space and we have 25 still

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unclear and some of those are still being treated so it is a pressure of

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space on us at the moment. Some of the birds here, and these seals are

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ready to be released into the wild. But they're having to wait for a run

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of good weather so they can get off to a flying start. Michelle

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Ruminski, BBC Points West, West Hatch. That was a run of good

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weather. Will it improve? We do not have much left of the

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meteorological winter which finishes at the end of February. Much snow

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does not seem to be on the horizon which has made this winter

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exceptional, especially compared to last year. We will however see rain

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at times and maybe stronger winds. The storm on Valentine's Day was a

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particularly strong storm. Once rain clears, we can say that Thursday

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will be a brighter day. There will be low pressure towards the

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north`west with a warm front running through the course of the night

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bringing patchy rain. I will be a cold front tomorrow and it will be

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windy but after that it will just be a few showers and then some brighter

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spells. The rain will edge in through West Somerset and it is

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patchy with some fairly heavy bursts this evening and then back to

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drizzle with a lot of hill fog around. The cold front will then

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marching into the rush tomorrow morning but temperatures will be

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fairly mild tonight around six Celsius to eight Celsius and

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tomorrow morning for the rush`hour it will be quite windy with gusts of

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40 mph or 45 mph dash perhaps even more than that. There will be some

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heavy showers at times but not necessarily everywhere and rainfall

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tomorrow will be five millimetres to ten millimetres with a lot of

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variation and maybe two or three or four millimetres of rain across the

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Somerset Levels. Temperatures tomorrow should be nine Celsius to

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10 Celsius and like today it should feel decent enough. We are then

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looking at wet and windy weather, particularly towards Sunday. Next

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week, the Jetstream will come for the South after the slight hiatus we

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had through the course of this week. The outlook will reflect that

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and Saturday will be the better day of the weekend with Sunday being wet

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and windy and next week Tuesday looks like a repeat of those

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conditions. It would be lovely to have a good

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forecast. And good luck to Gloucestershire singer Hattie Briggs

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who will find out this evening if she's won the BBC Radio two Young

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Folk Singer Award. Tonight's ceremony takes place at the Royal

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Albert Hall in London, where Hattie will also be performing. We would

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also like to say good luck to Alex Lovell in her awards ceremony

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tonight. Good night.

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