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chilly. That's all from the BBC News at

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Our main story tonight: Shock as a Chief Constable is suspended from

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duty. Nick Gargan, the head of Avon and Somerset Police, is sent home

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after claims of inappropriate behaviour with women. The ipcc are

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doing an investigation. We'll be talking about the events leading up

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to his suspension and its impact on the force. Our other headlines

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tonight: The builder who charged for work he never did. Now a judge has

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given him six months to get his act together. All aboard. The Balmoral

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on course for a new lease of life as she goes into dry dock for rest and

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repairs. And who's the city leader supporting plans for a pool for

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disabled children? The trunks may give you a clue.

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Good evening. The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset has been suspended

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from duty after allegations made by a number of female police officers

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and staff. Nick Gargan was sent home from work this afternoon by Sue

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Mountstevens, the woman who appointed him a year ago. She said

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he was devastated. Mr Gargan took up the post following the sudden

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departure of the previous Chief Constable, who later claimed he had

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been forced out. Here's our home affairs correspondent Steve Brodie.

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Nick Gargan has been in the spotlight since his appointment. But

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today he found himself at the centre of serious allegations about his

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behaviour towards female police officers and police staff. He was

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suspended by the woman who appointed him, Crime Commissioner Sue

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Mountstevens. I was told about them by whistle`blowers last week and I

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spoke to the ipcc on Friday. On Monday they told me they would start

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an investigation to date. Both the Chief Constable and the Crime

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Commissioner have prided themselves on their policy of transparancey and

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openess. And today it was that policy that was put to the test. The

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commissioner says she hopes the investigation by the Independant

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Police Complaints Commission will not be delayed. These are

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allegations that the ipcc will be investigation. I have asked them to

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do as quick as possible but honestly being as quick and fair and robust

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to the police constable and the police officer. How did the Chief

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Constable react? He is devastated, I am very upset about it as will be

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the organisation. I want to make it very clear that these are only

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allegations at this point. The act of suspension is an act of

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neutrality. It is not making any judgement and I have been clear

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about that to the Chief Constable and the organisation. Nick Gargan

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was appointed the new Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset at

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the start of 2013, taking up the post in March. One of his first

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campaigns in office was to write to local councils offering help to turn

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the area's speed cameras back on. A campaign that proved more popular

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with some authorities than others. In June 2013 Mr Gargan let slip

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about the possible start date of the West Somerset badger cull. A start

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date which was still supposed to be a closely guarded secret. And by the

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autumn he told Points West how his officers had failed murder victim

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Bijan Ebrahami. The man who was beaten and set on fire following

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rumours he was a paedophile. The Chief Constable will remain

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suspended on full pay until the investigation by the IPCC is

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completed. BBC BBC Points West. Steve's with me. How is it likely to

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develop? Two officers from the ipcc are already at Portishead. They were

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there this afternoon when I interviewed the crime commission.

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They will interview the whistle`blowers, the women who have

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made the allegations. They will carry out thorough investigations

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and also investigate and indeed talk to the Chief Constable. It is ironic

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that the Chief Constable and the crime commission have both asked

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that ipcc to hurry up in the Bijan Ebrahami murder. Now she is wanting

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this investigation to hurry up as well. These are in some way

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historic, they are alleged to have happened last year. It has taken

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some time for them to come to light. It has been very quick indeed.

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Friday she was told and here we are on shoes date with the ipcc already

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in. The ipcc themselves have confirmed they are carrying out the

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investigation and are loath to give out any details. It is unlikely they

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will. There are going to because this investigation to be put through

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and we will not have a long delays like we have seen recently with the

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Bijan Ebrahami case. A kitchen fitter and carpenter from

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Midsomer Norton told "extreme" lies to customers and caused them stress

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and "trauma" after taking tens of thousands of pounds for work he knew

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he couldn't deliver. Christopher Hope`Shannon will be sentenced in

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six months' time after a judge told him he wanted to get something back

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for his victims. Dickon Hooper reports.

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Christopher Hope`Shannon in a blue hoodie this morning facing jail. He

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took more than ?31,000 from 11 customers. But knew there was little

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or no chance he could do the work or repay the money. The actual unit I

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wanted him to build for me was the unit supporting this Belfast Sink.

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He never did and Martyn is ?1,000 out of pocket. I think he's a

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despicable fraud because he has put so many people through a lot of pain

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and suffering. It's just the lies. Lies described by the judge as

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extreme and distasteful. They included telling people that he had

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cancer and that his wife had a miscarriage. All of this plus the

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financial loss meant it inflicted stress and trauma to customer. `` on

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his customers. Like the pregnant woman whose windows had to be

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boarded up after Hope`Shannon failed to deliver. And Gary Nelson, who

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paid ?4,000 and got nothing back. It has caused untold disruption. It has

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caused two years disruption. Two years? It is difficult to put a

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price on it. Half the problem, having been robbed of the money, we

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cannot afford to put one in. My wife has postponed retirement. Your wife

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has postponed retirement? We can't afford, even if we wanted to

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downsize to a smaller place we can't have a house not a kitchen. Anything

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to say? This case has been one of the worst ones I have ever

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investigated. I have been involved and investigating but just the

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series of lies, the numbers of lives and the types of lies. The influence

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it has had on the people and the trauma it has given them.

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Hope`Shannon's barrister said he was depressed, remorseful and his

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business had got into trouble after a run of bad luck. The judge has

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pushed sentencing back for six months giving Hope`Shannon time to

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salvage something for his customers who still want their money back. BBC

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Points West. One of Britain's best`known

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politicians hit the campaign trail in Gloucestershire today with

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entertaining results. London mayor Boris Johnson had a close encounter

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with a sheep and got in a muddle over the Conservatives he'd come to

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meet. His supporters loved it but opponents dismissed his performance.

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Our political editor Paul Barltrop reports. Hi there, good afternoon,

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morning, morning. Boris Johnson wasn't too sure what time it was as

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he reached Cheltenham. The first hand he shook: Conservative

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parliamentary candidate Alex Clarke. With so many to meet it's easy to

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get muddled. `` chalk. I'm just here to support Alex Clarke and the

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council. Sorry. Let's get the names right. He was on surer ground posing

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with council candidates and putting the boot into the Lib Dems who run

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the council. You have a spineless liberal Democrats administration

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here at the moment, is that right? I have absolutely no inhibitions by

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bashing the Lib Dems. It seems to me, what is the point of them? All

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they do is hold up conservatives when we want to get our serious

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projects done. They enable you to govern the country. Well, they do

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because they are supporting us. And off he went to get better acquainted

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with the Tory candidate. Cheltenham Borough councils elections really

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are a two horse race. Labour have not got a single seat here and the

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UKIP are yet to make a significant impact. Apart from a few independent

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counsels the contest is a coalition dogfight. The local Lib Dem office

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is busy running their campaign. Keeping control of the council this

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year will help Martin Horwood keep his parliamentary seat next year.

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Well I think we work hard, we believe in local politics. It is

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part of our view of democracy that local politics matters. I think it

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pays off. We don't regard local politics as a stepping stone to

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something else as perhaps Boris does. We actually commit to it.

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Cheltenham's politics can be very local: the People Against

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Bureaucracy have had council seats for decade. It is not really

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daunting. The fact we are a small party, does not appear to impede our

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progress at all. Back with the Boris bandwagon, and in Stonehouse he

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tried his hand at sheep shearing. Whether today boosted his party's

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chances in the West isn't certain. But it's certainly increased

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interest in the election. Boris' verdict: Sheer madness. BBC Points

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West we were told no sheep were hurt in the filming of that report.

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Coming a bit later in the programme. Owl babies! We take another peak at

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the Barn Owl webcam as Boris and Brenda welcome baby number seven.

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And look at this: It's had us in stitches. The detail on these models

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is incredible we have all the rigging on the Matthew there. There

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is a grommet on the ferry boats and here is the Bristol crocodile of

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course. It's lovely. Some of the first patients have

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begun moving into the new super hospital at Southmead in Bristol.

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Today it was the turn of hip and knee patients. The site has cost

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?430 million to build and will offer more than 800 beds.

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100 jobs are at risk in Somerset after a printing firm's gone into

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administration. Butler Tanner and Dennis in Frome prints and binds

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colour books and magazines. Managers say it's too soon to know how many

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jobs will go. Some may transfer to a sister company which makes maps. The

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company was rescued from liquidation once before in 2008. The Mayor of

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Bristol backed plans for a new pool for disabled children today and

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revealed that he suffered from polio when he was a child. George Ferguson

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said that a hydrotherapy pool helped him to get better which is why he's

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keen to help raise thousands of pounds for a new facility. Here's

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Jules Hyam. It's more than just fine for these

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youngsters. This pool at Claremont School in Bristol is a vital part of

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their therapy. 17`year`old Harvey has a rare genetic condition. It

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means he is nonverbal and is normally in a wheelchair. Because

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they are in real chairs most of the time, to see them just relaxing in

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the water is great. Harvey has had experience. He does walk in the

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water, my sister`in`law got married three years ago and due to sessions

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in the hydrotherapy pool he walked down the aisle at the wedding. It

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made the day. I think it is the weightlessness and the warmth. These

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children are landlocked, they are in supportive seating, they are unable

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to move when they are on dry land but he put them on water and they

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are the same as everybody else. There is much more movement in their

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lives and bodies. `` limbs. It is that freedom to move in the water

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that has struck a chord with Bristol's Mayor George Ferguson. As

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a child he contracted polio and himself benefited from hydrotherapy.

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I was very fortunate as a child, I was taken to the hydrotherapy pool

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in Bath. I remember being held up by the nurses to help me to kick after

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I had polio. Without my mum's foresight in doing that, I would not

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have recovered so quickly. I am incredibly lucky, these kids are

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less lucky that it is just brilliant to see what it does for them. The

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appeal still needs to raise ?250,000 for a larger pool with deeper water

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that will allow many more young adults to benefit from the warm

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relaxation. BBC Points West. One of the West's best known pleasure

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cruisers is on her way to a dry dock this evening, for tests and repairs.

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The Balmoral hasn't carried passengers for 18 months. However,

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enthusiasts hope that, if she's declared fit, she could be back

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cruising the Bristol Channel again next summer. Laura Jones has been on

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board for us. First light and for the first time in a long time she's

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off. Off up upriver to a dry dock for a crucial MOT. Cruising under

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the Suspension Bridge this morning she cut a beautiful figure. But

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depending on how much repair work she needs, this may have been her

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last voyage. How times have changed. In her heyday the Balmoral, along

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with her sister ship, the Waverley, ruled the waves of the Bristol

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Channel. It ferried day`trippers from Cardiff to Weston and even down

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the coast to Ilfracombe. We love it. It is a form of relaxation, you can

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get on the ship and everything else is forgotten. How many of these

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trips do you make? Almost every day this season. Every day?. Yes. The

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last two years have not been half as jolly though. The lack of passengers

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and money have meant she has been stuck in dock with no days out in

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sight. There are two reversible gearboxes which control the shafts.

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Trevor Masset loves the ship. Along with many other volunteers, he has

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been looking after her for 19 years. They have done everything to get her

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into tiptop condition for this MOT, even down to shining the metalwork.

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She is a one off now, there is nothing like her any more. You have

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to look around at the ship. There are a lot of people who get

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enjoyment from sailing on her and there are virtually no ships left

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other than the Waverley doing a similar job, whereby you can cruise

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down the coast of the UK and see it by the sea. The charity behind the

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Balmoral still needs to raise tens of thousands of pounds to save her

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from the scrapheap. If they manage that and she passes her MOT, they

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hope she'll be back on sea as early as next summer. Laura Jones, BBC

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Points West. Doesn't she look beautiful in those

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shots? And you can get more of a tour around the Balmoral if you log

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on to our Facebook page. We've put lots more footage up there for you

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to enjoy. A celebrity couple in Somerset have just welcomed their

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seventh child into the world. The happy event was eagerly anticipated

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by thousands of people from as far afield as Japan and Fiji. The couple

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are, of course, Boris and Brenda, a pair of Barn Owls whose webcam in

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their nesting box has become an internet sensation. The latest

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addition to the family is a tiny owlet called Burrowbridge. Clinton

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Rogers explains. Call it the owl equivalent of the Big Brother house.

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More than a third a million people are watching the antics of Boris and

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Brenda and their extended family. Today, I was taken to the secret

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location of that barn owl box. It is part of a project to boost a

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declining barn owl population. We do not want to get too close to the

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barn owls and disturb them but by the wonders of technology, we can

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actually see them. There they are. You can see the live footage. We

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have two adults, and we have our first view of Burrowbridge. That is

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the first baby. It has become an Internet sensation globally, as

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these website comments show... Locally, schools like this one in

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Long Ashton have an owl watch in class time. We try and check in

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every day but if we leave it a few days, we see a difference in the

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barn owls, so they find that exciting. Recent studies have shown

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that the owl population of written has halved, with birds struggling to

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find food in areas like the Somerset Levels which was under water for so

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long. Putting up nesting boxes was a campaign started two years ago to

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try and reverse that decline. While it is impossible to draw conclusions

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from seven chicks in one box, people behind this project are encouraged.

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The big question that everybody following this webcam is asking,

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will they all survive? I do not know the answer to that. It is like

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England winning the World Cup. It is not impossible, they have a chance.

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They have a lot of people around the world rooting for them. Fascinating.

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Let's have a look at them right now. And if you want to check the

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progress of Boris and Brenda and family you can visit the Somerset

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Wildlife Trust website. Apparently, they were named by the web loggers

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as well. In case you were wondering. I wasn't. And those little owlets

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aren't the only birds we've heard about today ` we've also been in

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touch with Westonbirt Arboretum. And they've been telling us how they've

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had to take the mirrors in their toilets down to stop swallows

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attacking their own reflections. The male birds believe they're fending

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off rivals! Sounds like a vain attempt to me! A brother and sister

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who train at the University of Bath have both been selected for England

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Commonwealth Games judo team. 22`year`old Ben Fletcher and his

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older sister Megan who is 24 will compete in Glasgow. Both won medals

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at last weekend's European Cup competition in London, and are

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looking forward to competing in the same team at the Games. It is going

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to be great that we are going together, in the same family. We are

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excited. We have done judo from a young age. We started at five years

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of age, and then we used to fight each other quite a bit. Then he got

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too big and I couldn't fight him any more! There is no point in trying

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any more! Three other University of Bath students also made the

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14`strong Judo team heading to Glasgow later this year. Ever

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wondered how long it would take to KNIT a whole city? Well, we can tell

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you it's about 4,000 hours, and counting! A group of knitters in

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South Bristol have recreated some of the buildings, bridges and rivers

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that make up the city, in wool. It all goes on display this coming

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weekend. Here's Sally Challoner. It is restored but as you have never

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seen it before. A city made entirely of wool. City Hall to Cabot Tower,

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colourful streets to Brunel's famous ship. There's 92 people who have

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made this model. 15 have designed and made buildings. The rest have

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made small squares. I run several workshops and we make things like

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the trees or the balloons, or Little cards. I designed all sorts of

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things. The detail on these models is incredible. We have all the

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rigging on this . And here's the city's most iconic structure `

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designed and knitted by Joy Roddy. I have made quite a few items,

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including Bristol suspension bridge, buses, ferries, and anything else. I

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shall miss it when it stops. In fact it is still growing. It is going to

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be the Planetarium in Millennium Square. It is threaded onto a

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fishing line and done with needles. From this weekend, the models will

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be on display in Bedminster when you concede Bristol come to life... In

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wool. `` where you can see Bristol come to life. I adore it! Yes, very

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clever. Shall we catch up with the weather and see whether it unravels?

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Hello. The good news is that high pressure is building so it will

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become more settled over the next few days. We will lose the showers

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and high pressure builds in. The winds will feel lighter. Once we

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lose the showers, there is a risk under the clearing skies of a touch

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of frost. Temperatures will fall to around three or four Celsius. A

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chilly night to come, in particular in the countryside. The showers will

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disappear down to the South East. Following that, clearing skies, and

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in the countryside, lows of three or four Celsius. In towns and cities,

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lows of six or seven. A chilly start tomorrow, but blue skies from the

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word go. A little bit of Fairweather cloud in the afternoon, but with

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light winds, pleasantly warm in the sunshine. Higher than today with

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temperatures of 16 or 17 Celsius. In sheltered spots, up to 18 or 19

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degrees. Those temperatures will continue to climb as we had through

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the rest of the week. Tomorrow night, clearing skies, and high

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pressure builds. Through Thursday and Friday it also builds, and

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including the weekend. The bulk of the weekend should stay dry. As we

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look towards the rest of the week, it should be quite chilly but it

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will be settled and dry. Turning warm towards the weekends with

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temperatures perhaps up to 20 Celsius on Thursday, Friday and that

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today. Yes, very settled, high pressure is building an temperatures

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continue to climb through the week. Chilly nights at the weekend. A lot

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of cloud tomorrow night and there will possibly be a brief bit of

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frost tomorrow morning. Saturday and Sunday, temperatures climb. 19,

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possibly 20 or 21 Celsius. That is nice to hear. Thank you, Alexis.

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That is it for us from now. Bye`bye. Goodbye.

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Can I make something clear to you? UKIP is not against immigration.

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