01/03/2014 BBC Points West


01/03/2014

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Good afternoon. A protest h`s taken That's all from me, stay

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Good afternoon. A protest h`s taken place on the Old Severn Bridge this

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morning, involving people who are concerned about high tolls. Both

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Severn bridges will become publicly owned in 2018 once their orhginal

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construction costs have been covered. Today, campaigners were

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asking for the tolls to be lowered in the future.

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They have a great effect on us. We are the community in the arda. It

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would do the local economy ` huge amount if they were reduced or

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banned altogether. The Department for Transport has

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said that no decisions have been made on toll pricing but anx future

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arrangements would need to lake proper provision for repaymdnt of

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government costs and maintenance. There's a warning that therd could

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be some bad traffic in Bath tomorrow because of the city's half larathon.

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Two landslips have shut roads into the city. The A431 at Kelston is

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still closed and the Midford Road has been closed but is due to reopen

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shortly. The A36 is expected to be especially busy. Alternativd routes

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will be signposted. These will only really come into

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effect when coarse road closures are on witches 9:35am until arotnd

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3:30pm. Most of the runners are unlikely to be affected by those. It

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will be local residents, other motorists and visitors to the city.

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On to sport, and Bath Rugby suffered home defeat for the first thme this

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season, beaten 23`10 by Sar`cens in the Premiership. Bath's points came

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from the boot of George Ford and a penalty try. The result leaves Bath

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third in the table. Elsewhere, Gloucester take on Northampton today

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in the Premiership hoping to be the only side all season to do the

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double over Saints. And in the Championship, league leaders Bristol

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travel to Rotherham today. Kick`off there is at 4.45pm.

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On to football, and Yeovil could move out of the Championship

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relegation zone if they win at Reading and other results go their

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way. Birds rescued along the south coast

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during the recent storms have been released today. Hundreds have been

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washed up in the past weeks, many of them dead. The survivors have been

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cared for and cleaned by thd RSPCA at West Hatch in Somerset.

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And being the first day of spring, isn't it good to be enjoying some

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slightly brighter weather? With the weekend's forecast, here's Holly

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Green. Many of us saw beautiful blte skies

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this evening and we will continue to see sunny spells throughout the

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day. The cloud will thicken up a little bit and that could bring

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showers this afternoon. This evening, some clear spells but we

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could see some mist or fog. The cloud will continue to thicken and

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the breeze will pick up as well It will stop it from getting too cold

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as well. Tomorrow, that clotd continues to streaming, bringing

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some patchy rain, but that could turn more persistent in the

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afternoon. As we head into next week, we will see some bright sunny

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weather at times but we do see rain and showers.

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We're back in the six o'clock new tonight when we'll have the latest

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from the Somerset Levels. Btt in the meantime, whatever you're up to

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have a lovely afternoon. Hello there. The first day of

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March, and quite a wintry chill to the first thing, but conditions have

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improved a lot, a lot of sunshine have there, so the daffodils you can

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see behind me, a good sunny Saint David's day across Wales. We will

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hold onto the sunshine for many places. A fly in the ointment is

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showers across western areas, developing through the afternoon.

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Across the south-east, particularly East Anglia, a great start, that

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area of low pressure continuing to push out into the North Sea. Quite a

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deal to be a generally, temperatures slowly climbing, but the winds are

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light, pleasant in the sunshine A few

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