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military activity in the area tonight. That is all from us,

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Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and Sabet Choudhury. Our main

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story tonight: Was it all a waste of time? The damning report that's

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branded the badger cull as ineffective and insufficiently

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humane. Please draw a line under the cold, now. It's time to make a

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U`turn. So, where does this leave farmers

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wanting a solution to Bovine TB Also, in tonight's programme: Out on

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patrol with the police in Bristol as they crack down on kerb crawlers. As

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the floodwater recedes, tears as homeowners assess the damage.

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To see everything as disgusting as this, with all this mould, I can see

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our way out of this for a long time. `` I can't see a way out. And a

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first sign of Spring ` the March hare makes a welcome appearance

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Good evening. Ineffective and too many animals suffered ` the verdict

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of experts called into assess the government's controversial badger

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cull. The panel was appointed by ministers to evaluate last autumn's

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pilot culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset. They found the cull fell

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short of the target set to limit the spread of TB. Here's our political

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editor Paul Barltrop. In the bitter debate over culling

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badgers, this is a key moment. The Independent Expert Panel are

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scientists appointed by ministers. Their job: to assess how the cull

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did according to the government s own measures. Yes, they say it was

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safe. No, it was not effective by a considerable margin. And no, it did

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not meet humaneness targets. For the cull's opponents, today's

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revelations have strengthened their resolve.

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How much proof do you need that this isn't going to work? This has been

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botched from the beginning. They were warned by the world exports

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expert on TB that this was a crazy scheme. It was never going to work.

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Our predictions have come true. We said this was a costly distraction

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from the important business of controlling cattle TB. We warned

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that it risked making it worse. So, how did it come to this? The

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cull followed decades of more and more cattle succumbing to

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tuberculosis. The disease can be spread between cows, and by other

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species including badgers. There were culling trials from 1997 to

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2006, when scientists concluded it wasn't worth it. But a change of

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government brought a change of policy. Today, Andrew Guest was one

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of the few cull supporters willing to talk. The Forest of Dean farmer

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has had repeated outbreaks of Bovine TB. He saw some of the culling, and

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doesn't think it was inhumane. As far as I'm concerned, I did

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witness it on a number of occasions. Every time I saw it, the animal was

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dispatched quickly and cleanly. The British Veterinary Association,

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today, said it couldn't support the cull if it wasn't humane. But a

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Gloucestershire vet who was involved advises caution.

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My own reaction is no, I wouldn t stop the coal. But I do believe if

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there are lessons to be learned we should learn those lessons. `` stop

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the cull. We should use that information to improve our

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performance for next year. The fate of the badgers lies with

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the government ` who, today, said they wouldn't yet comment.

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Earlier, I spoke to Chris Cheeseman who is a former government

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scientist, and who opposed the recent culls. I asked him if he felt

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vindicated. It's frustrating. We did warn them

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about the problems. To hear that the colours have failed on efficiency

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grounds ` they failed their targets by a long way. Some badgers were

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seriously wounded. What is the way forward?

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There are plenty of options. Measures to improve cattle testing,

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and cracking down on cattle movements to stop the spread of TB

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among the cattle themselves. That is by far the biggest problem. If you

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want to do something about the wildlife Reservoir, badgers only

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contribute 5.7% of cattle TB directly to badgers. Vaccinate them.

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At that that's an expensive method. We have a vaccine, at the moment,

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that's very effective. It has to be delivered by injection, at work is

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proceeding on oral delivery. That will deliver in the next few years.

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Do you think this is the end of the culling?

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Any sensible person would stop. If they try to switch to another form

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of culling, like gassing, that is doomed to failure. All the

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scientific advice is that culling cannot make a meaningful

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contribution to the prevention of TB in cattle.

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We need to take you back to our vehicle. You do not have to say

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anything but it may harm your defence when questioned.

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This man has just been arrested for soliciting. Minutes before, the

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officers from the vice team had spotted the woman who was with him

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taking a call. They followed her until the meeting. There are 23

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street prostitutes working in this area. Many are addicted to drugs. ``

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up to 30. This man will be cautioned, but if he denies the

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offence he will end up in court If he goes to court, he could

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receive a ?1000 fine. He could be disqualified from driving, or

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receive an anti`social behaviour disorder. His family could find out,

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and he could be named and shamed. In the last year, police have

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received over 100 complaints from the residents in this area.

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When people come out to take their children to school in the morning,

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they come across the letter from the curb crawlers who were trying to

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pick up girls. This is causing them to stress. `` they come across the

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litter. Drives are often at the root of the

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problem. Is there anything we can do tonight

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to help you? And we take you anywhere?

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I'm OK. The police are working closely with

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the 125 Charity and the Bristol drugs project, who try to look after

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vulnerable women who become involved with drugs and prostitution. Kay is

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a former sex worker. She doesn't want to be identified.

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I have been assaulted many times. It wasn't anything about of heroin

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couldn't sort out. It's still sleep from others. That's what

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prostitution does. It takes mothers away from their children. It ruins

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lives. The 125 Charity says it's important to win the trust of women

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like Kay. We encourage women to attend our

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drop`in centre. We can offer lots of support, and work out what are the

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issues in their lives. Addiction is always number one. They wouldn't be

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on the streets if they didn't have this life controlling addiction

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Kay is now married with two children and drug`free. The police hope they,

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and charities like 125, can help other women turn their lives around.

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I was sent to rehab. I did a and intensive therapy. I have been clean

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for four years. I am speaking, today, as a result of the help that

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I had from one to five. .

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Dozens of people on the Somerset Levels say they face months out of

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their homes after the flooding this winter.

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Many homes are still partially underwater. But as it begins to

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drain away it's only now that the real cost of the past few weeks is

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becoming clear. We've been following one couple ` Malcolm and Julie

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Shovel ` as they returned to their Fordgate home for the very first

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time. We were in the house in January

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when we had the early signs that there would be a flood. This is our

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front room. This is the tight market dash it was up here. Every

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day, we saw it grossed six inches higher. It was a question of when it

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would stop. This is our kitchen I used some of my money in 2011 to put

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this kitchen. We can't even open the door. That's the cutlery drawer

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To see everything as disgusting as this, with all this mould, . I love

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this house. I don't any more. That is the Flora. That's how high

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the floor has risen. `` that is the floor. In some ways, the community

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is probably stronger as we have more in common now. But it just ripped

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the heart out of it, because so many people without homes. When will this

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happen again? Thank you to Malcolm and Julie for

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letting us see that traumatic moment. The Education Secretary has

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defended an academy school in Bath, after concerns were raised about how

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it is being run. Ofsted Inspectors were called into Oldfield School in

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December in response to a number of complaints. Parts of their report

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have not been published, causing anger amongst some parents. Lizzie

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Way reports. Oldfield School converted to academy

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status in 2001. It is rated as outstanding by Ofsted. But at the

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end of last year, concerns were raised over the safety of the pupils

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which prompted Ofsted to revisit. A summary of their report found that

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area was satisfactory, but other issues were raised about the

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handlings of complaints and grievances.

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Such are my concerns at the moment, we've spoken to my daughter and

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no`one wants to harm their children's education, but we are

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going to withold our children from going to school ` it's that serious

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at the moment. The headteacher Kim Sparling, who's

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refused all requests for interviews, has since faced widespread public

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criticism from many parents and teachers as to how she runs the

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school. Many want the full detailed report

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to be made public and the school held accountable.

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Absolute outrage. I believe it's really important to have

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transparency in all these things. If Ofsted go into a school to conduct

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an investigation, then the whole purpose is to be a learning tool, so

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if the report is not published where is the learning?

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60% of schools in the West are now acadamies, which means they are

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outside the local authority rule So, when conflicts arise who are they

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all accountable to? If you are looking for things to do

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with the conduct of the school, the first thing you look at is their

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response. The simplest way of viewing it is

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the governing body is responsible for the conduct of the school,

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that's set out very clearly in the regulations.

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Michael Gove said he was aware of the issues that Oldfield.

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The point of accountability is that Ofsted neither fear nor favour any

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kind of school. Ofsted have investigated this school, and are

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clear that some issues need to be addressed. But it is also the case

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that this school has great academic results.

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The Department for Education has said it is now holding a meeting

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with the teachers and governors at this school.

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Throughout this week, we've been reflecting on stories from the First

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World War. As part of the BBC's World War One At Home season, David

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Garmston has been exploring the life of a poet and musician from

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Gloucestershire. His inspiration came not only from the trenches but

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also from the county he loved. The BBC Bristol documentary about Ivor

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Gurney will be shown on BBC Four on the dead land oppressed me.

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These are the words and sounds of the son of Gloucestershire.

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Our sunshine, gods delight. A poet, musician and soldiers. His

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name was Ivor Gurney. He loved to walk here. It was this beauty that

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inspired him in the trenches of northern France. There, he wrote

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evocatively of his fellow soldiers as an army of of drenched

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scarecrows. His best friend went missing and it was a long time

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before he found out that he was in fact a prisoner of war. His initial

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grief is recorded in a poem that he wrote at the time, and is preserved

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in the Gloucester Records Office. He's gone, and all of our plans are

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useless, indeed. We walk no more on the Cotswolds, or the sheep feed.

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His body that was so quick is not as he knew it. Quite powerful work

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Yes, he was very close to his friend. They walked on the

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Cotswolds, as it says here. They had many happy hours sailing on the

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Severn. At the time he wrote this, he believed that his friend was

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dead, because he had gone missing in 1916.

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100 years on from the start of the great War, Ivor Gurney's fame is

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spreading. If society has been set up to celebrate his work. They are

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meeting here for the first viewing of a documentary, which has been

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made by the BBC about his life. He died on the wires, and hunger.

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For his hours of life, the young actor who plays Ivor

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Gurney has a striking likeness. Some of

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some of his work is so evocative. It's so clear. You get such amazing

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images from it, and it's beautiful. The horrors of the war provided

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plenty of ammunition for his fertile minds ironically, the disciplined,

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routine and danger chased away his depression. It was not the war that

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destroyed Ivor Gurney. It was the piece. His behaviour became

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increasingly strange. His love of Gloucestershire and obsession.

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Doctors considered him insane, but he still wrote hundreds of poems

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craving his home county. This is where Ivor Gurney's journey ends. At

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the parish church in his beloved Gloucestershire. He spent the last

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15 years of his life locked up in a mental institution in London. They

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diagnosed the poet with shell shock. Inside the church, I found his image

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staring out from the stone walls. These words make a fitting epitaph.

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The songs I had to withered or vanished keen. Yet, there are white

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tracks where I have been. They grow flowers for others the lights. Soon

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it becomes night. That BBC documentary will be shown

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on BBC Four on Sunday, March 30 at 9pm.

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It's the Bath Half marathon this Sunday, and organisers are warning

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it could cause big delays. Two landslips have shut roads into the

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city. The A431 at Kelston and the Midford Road to the south are both

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closed, so expect the A36 to be extra busy. Alternative routes will

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be signed. It's a top three tussle at the

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Recreation Ground tonight. Bath who are third, take on second`placed

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Saracens. Alistair Durden is at the Rec ` Ali, is this the biggest

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challenge of their season so far? I think it probably is, to be

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honest. They are many peoples favourites this year. Lets have a

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word with Jonathan. The biggest test for you so far?

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Definitely. We've been really consistent this year. We've also

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gone really well. We are unbeaten at home.

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There will be mutual respect, given what you've achieved this year?

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The rack is a hard place to come to. It will be a massive challenge.

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``the Rec. We just take each game as it comes.

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We'll see how we do. I hope it's another win. Good luck

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with your recovery from injury. Let's take a look at some of the

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other matches this weekend. Gloucester are away to leaders

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Northampton tomorrow afternoon, who have lost just once this season And

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in the Championship top of the table, Bristol are away to

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Rotherham, who are third. The top game in this weekend's football is

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Yeovil's trip to Reading. Remember, all the scores and goals for you

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across our weekend bulletins. And Late Kick Off returns on Monday at

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11.20PM. Bristol boxer Lee Haskins has

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accused the current bantamweight World Champion of being scored to

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fight him again. Beaten just once in the last eight years, Lee is

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becoming increasingly frustrated at not getting his chance to fight for

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a world title. Tomorrow, he fights on the same bill as Olympic gold

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medallist James DeGale in Bristol. Lee Haskins believes he's the best

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bantamweight fighter in the world. The trouble is no one will give him

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the chance to prove it. This is the man who recently won the belt `

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Stuart Hall. Haskins beat him just 18 months ago, and Hall has turned

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down a rematch, instead defending his title against Martin Ward, who

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Haskins has also beaten. There is nobody in Britain that will

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beat me. They all know that. Stewart knows I'm too good for him. He's not

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even British league, let alone a world`class fighter. I think it s

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unfair to hold titles back from people. I should have my shots. It's

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just a matter of being patient. Something will open up. He'll get

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his chance. 2008 Olympic Gold Medallist James

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DeGale has top billing. Bristol people are big boxing fans.

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There is a buzz in the crowd. It should be good ` I'm really looking

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forward to it. He's been training in Bristol ahead

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of defending his super middleweight title. Haskins won't want to be a

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support act again. He hopes winning his fight this weekend will make him

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the mandatory challenger for a world title belt.

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This match tonight should be a cracker. We'll have the action for

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you at 10:25pm. Bristol had Gromits, Bath had Lions

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and Wells Swans. Now, the Cotswold market town of Cirencester has

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hopped on the bandwagon with this chap. His name is Harelequin, and as

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Michelle Ruminski reports, he'll soon be joined by a few friends

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There are few signs of spring in the air, but come March, 35 hares will

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be popping up all over town. We've chosen carers because they are

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a symbol of the area. `` we've chosen carers. They have always been

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part of our history. And they're multiplying like

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rabbits! Some of the first five`foot tall hares to roll off the

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production line. It has been tricky, particularly the

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legs and tails. It is a beautiful shape, but not very mosaic friendly.

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I love him dearly! I don't want to go!

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But this hare will go under the hammer to raise money for the

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Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust which hopes to open up the green hare

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Churn walkway around the town. And the project has already attracted

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the attention of a high profile artist.

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Wildlife and protecting wildlife is important to me. The ultimate cause

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here is encouraging the public to get out and see it. I think it's

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very valuable. It's hoped demand at auction for one

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of these n will be as mad as a March hare.

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Just before the weather, we've had lots of pictures in from star`gazers

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in the West who saw the Northern Lights last night. This is a time

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lapse of pictures taken in Devizes. They are usually only visible in the

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more northern parts of the UK. Let's see if those clear skies will last.

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Tonight, it would have been beautiful for seeing the Northern

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lights, but doubt you will. The legacy of those clear skies tonight

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will be a chilly and foggy start tomorrow. It will be the best day of

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the weekend dash right generally. 12 showers in the afternoon, but mainly

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dry. Sunday will be cloudier. Here's a look at the weekend. Some frost

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and fog overnight, but a good deal of clear whether through the day. As

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we head into Sunday, we will have a spell of wet and windy weather. But

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the rest of this evening, the skies were clear away. That will bring two

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problems. First of all, ice, particularly in parts of Wiltshire.

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And some fog, which could be widely distributed. The key area will be

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part of Gloucestershire. Temperatures could go into the

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miners. Tomorrow, the fog and cloud should clear away. A little bit of

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competition between sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. Through

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the course of the afternoon, the chance of one or two showers. Many

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places will have a decent day. Temperatures tomorrow is still

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inherently quite chilly, possibly up to seven. Sunday will be a different

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story. A breezy day, when it will turn rainy. It could turn wet and

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windy into the afternoon. Thanks very much. That's it from us.

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From all of us, goodbye.

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