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start to the weekend, some sunshine filtering through. By Monday feeling

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warm Families of the missing yatchsmen

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in Somerset use the internet to scour the sdas

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for their missing relatives as the Haven't had much sleep for the last

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six nights now we are doing what we have to do to get through this.

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Plus, the new satellite pictures going online which will mean we

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How a bride`to`be helped find a bone marrow donor for her fiance

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The soldiers who died when fire swept throught a tent

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The coroner says there were serious failings by the Ministry of Defence.

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Thousands cast their votes in the Euro and local electhons

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It's been a disappointing d`y in the search for the four sailors

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Not only have there been no further sightings, but tonight,

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the debris which was found was ruled out as being related to thehr

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Earlier, the families of Patl Goslin and Steve Warren travelled tp from

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Somerset to London to hand hn a letter to President Obama, thanking

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At the same time, they urged the public to get involved hn the

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In abnormal times, trying to keep life normal.

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Steve Warren's sister, Kay, sent her son off to school `s usual

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this morning then spent the rest of the day monitoring her phond, the

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news, anything which might bring more news, an end to the wahting.

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I feel helpless. I can't just sit. It relieves my stress, knitting

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It's now been nearly a week since the Cheeki Rafiki went misshng.

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On board, Paul Goslin and Steve Warren, who met in thd village

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of West Camel in Somerset, `long with the yacht's skipper, Andrew

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Today, some of their families went up to

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London to meet the Foreign Linister, Hugh Robertson, to say thank you

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for putting pressure on the US Coast Guard to resume the sdarch.

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We are taking letters of th`nks into the embassy for the President.

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They're hoping to get satellite images

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of the Atlantic Ocean made `vailable so people can see if they c`n spot

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We are waiting for the imagds to come out now. I can search for all

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my brother from an iPad. My son will be glued to it. I am sure m`ny

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people, trying to help us, will do the same.

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The families say they remain hopeful and optimistic but as the d`ys tick

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by, the need to find the men quickly gains an added urgency.

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Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder

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and burglary following the death of a man in Bristol.

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The body of Stephen Bowring was found

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The five men in custody are all aged between 17 and 22 years old.

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Detectives are still appealhng for witnesses to come forward.

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A Royal Marine from Taunton, found guilty of murdering an injured

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Afghan fighter, has lost an appeal against his conviction but he's

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Alexander Blackman will now serve a minimum of eight years instead

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He was convicted for shooting the fighter in the chest at close range.

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It was filmed by a camera on a fellow Marine's helmet.

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A 13 year old girl has gone missing from her home near Frome.

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Phoebe Lock was last seen at her home in Leigh`on`Mendip

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She has links with Bridgwatdr and family in the Bath area.

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Police say they are growing concerned for her welfare.

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Now, here's a really positive story of how the power of social ledia has

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led to a life`changing and possibly life`saving molent

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He only found out he had cancer in March, not long

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His only hope, a stem cell transplant,

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The race was on and that's where the internet stepped in.

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Mike Brandon and his fiance, Kate Robertoson, were told that `fter

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his current course of chemotherapy he desperately needed a transplant.

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The #Shake4Mike appeal was Kate s answer.

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All of our friends quite like doing shaky faces. Within the first 4

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hours of the campaign being launched, we had 2136 peopld

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registered to be a donor. Mike's best chance of a match,

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another man under the age of 30 Here, his friends were encotraging

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people to sign up at a Soon people were shaking

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their faces and sharing the message, and less than a month since it

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began, a donor has now been found. In the Bristol area alone,

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the increase in potential donors In a normal week in May,

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the Anthony Nolan Trust would expect around 165 people to join

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the register of potential donors. This year, that number jumpdd to

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4,120, an increase the charhty #Shake4Mike has provided many

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amusing pictures, a tonic for the patient him

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self who's laughed out loud at many of them, but more importantly,

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Kate's campaign has found the person who could potentiallx save

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the life of her future husb`nd. Ann O'Leary is

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from the charity Anthony Nolan. What does this mean for Mikd's

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chances? A chance of life which we `` it chance of life which he would

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not have otherwise had. I h`ve met thousands of people who are looking

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for a match when one is found, that is the life`saving opportunhty. What

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has been extraordinary is the number of people who have volunteered to be

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donors. We have been really encouraged by the number of people

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who have come forward. We h`ve had more than 7000 applications for

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people to join the register and we are so delighted that he has his

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opportunity for a transplant. What do you have to do to actually

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register yourself? You just need to go to the website and if yot are

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16`30, you can join the reghster. You fill in an online application

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form and send us a kid in the post. If you come up with a match, there

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are two ways of donating. The most common is to your bloodstre`m. How

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many people are trying to fhnd a match? Every year, 1800 people come

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to us in the UK, and 37,000 people worldwide are looking for a match

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any one time. Anyone who has joined the register could have the chance

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of being a match. A coroner has criticised

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the Ministry of Defence after two young soldiers didd

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in a tent fire in Afghanist`n. Private Dean Hutchinson,

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who was based at Hullavington barracks, died alongside Prhvate Rob

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Wood when an overloaded extdnsion lead set fire to their tent at

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Camp Bastion while they slept. As their inquest concluded today,

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the Wiltshire coroner said there had been a systemic failure

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by the MoD to train troops to spot Camp Bastian, a relatively safe

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haven for soldiers. But it was here were two young privates perhshed

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when the time they were sledping in caught fire on Valentine's Day in

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2011. Dean was described as his friends as the centre of thd

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troop's morale. Dean was a soldier and we will always be immensely

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proud of him and the fact hd served his country. But we feel he should

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never have lost his life in the way that he did. We are pleased that the

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coroner's conclusion reflects the Army's incompetence in not carrying

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out the correct procedures to ensure Dean's safety. Known to his friends

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as Woody, Rob also died in ` fire. Both men had slept on camp beds

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while on a night shift inside the tent. Another colleague went to be

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thick black smoke inside and was able to escape. Plugged into an

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extension lead inside, therd had been a boiler, a TV and chiller

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Cabinet running that night. The inquest heard that they had

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overlooked the extension le`d and started the fire. There was nothing

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to warn the men sleeping inside The coroner said:

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The fact the smoke detector wasn't working mental mode `` meant both

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men had no warning. The onlx entrance to the tent was engulfed by

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flames. Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of the two men.

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Their loss continues to be felt within the regiments and wider

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Corp. Both men were highly dedicated professionals and proud to serve

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their country. The coroner said there had been a systemic f`ilure in

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not training soldiers to recognise the possible dangers from

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overloading the electricity supply. This is Alex and David with you

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on election day. We'll be live

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at the biggest ballot box in Sending supplies

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from Somerset to those caught up And is this biggest outdoor

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theatre in the West? We find out what's in store

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at Bristol's Mayfest. There are just over three hours

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left in which to cast your vote Hundreds of polling stations are

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open across the West for both Our political reporter,

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Robin Markwell, Have been people been turning out

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in their droves? It's said to be quite patchx,

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low in some areas, high in others, so perhaps big visual reminders

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like this giant ballot box do help. There is still time to have

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your say, should you wish, as those polling stations, whether

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pubs or leisure centres, schools or There are two elections

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at play here. The first affects

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the whole continent. It's the elections to the

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European Parliament and the South West will choose six Duro MPs

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to return to Brussels. That's from eight parties that you

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will find on the ballot papdr. There are also local elections

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in five of the West's towns and cities with a total

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of 96 council seats up for grabs. In Cheltenham, it's half thd

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council that is up for election In Bristol, Stroud, Swindon and

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Gloucester, it is one third of the As for the results,

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we can expect some They are counting tomorrow

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in Cheltenham and Stroud and then Sunday night,

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when the polls have closed `cross the continent, we will find out who

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the South West's new MEPs whll be. And I'll be burning

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the midnight oil, keeping you up to speed with the latest from

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the counts as the results roll in. There will also be full covdrage

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on your BBC local radio station Fewer patients are dying

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after a controversial downgrading of Cheltenham's Accident

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and Emergency Service. That's according to health bosses

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in the county almost a year after they decided to send

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night`time ambulances to But as our health correspondent

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Matthew Hill, reports, some local The bosses in charge of this

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emergency department say thdy simply can't recruit enough trained doctors

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to fill consultant posts. That's one of the reasons why the hosphtal will

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only deal with the wounded between 8pm and eight a.m.. For these

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patients, it has come at a price. To go to Gloucester is ridiculous. We

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were there from 4am until two p m.. I was with others in a corrhdor My

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ambulance crew had to stay with me because AME were not expecthng

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anybody. People were vomiting, who were in a far worse situation than I

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was. This consolidation of dmergency services is not just happenhng in

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Gloucestershire. In Bristol, the most sick children with tratmas or

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major head injuries started to come here for the first time. Th`t means

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consultants can work later hnto the night. They say it is a far safer

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model of care. Health bosses in Gloucestershire say since the

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changes came in last August, overall, more patients are being

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treated in under an hour. Ddath rates are lower and there are no

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signs of more complaints. When we look at the other market, there is

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no sign of patient complaints going up, feedback from trainees hs better

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than it was this time last xear But these campaigners say their voices

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are not being heard. He loved sailing. It was a sailor's

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ambition. A final decision on who looks

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after the mentally ill in Bristol will be made next week, with one MP

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saying this is a "once in a The NHS put

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the ?100 million contract ott to tender after a turbulent few years

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in the city when a group of doctors tried to break away from

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the main Wiltshire`based provider. So will things finally change

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for the better? It's not always easy to see

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when people have problems whth their mental health but it `ffects

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thousands in Bristol. Who looks after them is changing,

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with new five`year contracts The winner

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of the new ?100 million contract will be announced next week with

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the bulk of the money for frontline community services like assdssment,

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recovery and crisis managemdnt. The details have taken years to

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work out and the stakes are high. This does provide for us in Bristol

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a once in a generation opportunity to try

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and get this right and I believe we Especially

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for the people who use the service, a leaked letter shows they want to

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be at its heart so they can live optimistic lives, something that

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hasn't always happened in the past. I've treated hundreds

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of people who are very unwell with For many,

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including this award`winning author Whoever wins the tender,

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the important thing is that isn t read as a signal to be complacent

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and to sit back. Once this tender is out of

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the way and there's some st`bility, that's the time for whoever wins it

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to really start listening and engaging with people who use it

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and people on the front lind. But past mistakes are being

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acknowledged and promises m`de about a joined`up,

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timely and well`staffed service I don't think changing the culture

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of an organisation happens puickly but I think we are on that start of

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that journey. A journey everyone knows will

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involve huge cultural changd. That begins if the contracts are

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officially signed next week. A few months ago, Somerset was

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dealing with those devastathng floods. People lost their homes and

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livelihoods. Today, televishon screens are filled with pictures of

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the Balkans as they, too, are inundated.

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A three`month`old baby rescted from a flooded village in Bosnia. The

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flood water is causing devastation in neighbouring Serbia. Half a

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million people had to flee their homes. In Somerset, the flooding was

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different. But it does make you think back to what we did hdre in

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Somerset. Tim is a volunteer. The group was formed during the flooding

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crisis on the Somerset Levels earlier this year. He will be one of

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two volunteers flying out to Serbia tomorrow. We are doing crazx stuff

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here, floating cars out and sandbagging, but the water hs deeper

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and more dangerous out therd. It will help people more who h`ve

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evacuated. We are nervous btt excited. Donated welly turns, hand

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sanitisers. Clothes, medical needs, everything that we needed in the

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beginning when our village was flooded. In the last hour, ` company

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in Bristol have offered to transport all of this for free. There, it will

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be put on a plane and flown out by the Serbian embassy.

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It is admirable, isn't it? Somerset have beaten Durham in Taunton this

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afternoon. They set a target of 248 to win.

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A new outdoor theatre performance featuring free runners gets its

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premiere later tonight. It `ll takes place on a giant purpose`buhlt

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rooftop and hundreds of audhence members filled the space beneath.

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A set which took four days to build, creating the roof whhch will

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come alive for the first tile tonight. Dancers and perforlers will

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use it as their stage. We wdre interested in creating a sense of

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risk and physical excitement and we found that to create a sens`tion of

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risk, it has to be risky in itself. It has been a fascinating thing to

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get into. These free running techniques have mainly been taught

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during rehearsals made famots through adverts in film, it is

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thought to be a theatrical debut. This gives you an idea of the height

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of these platforms. The safdty nets are there for a reason. This shows

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that the audience will wear headphones. There is both the

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experience of being in a crowd, but also, a very solitary experhence

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because of the headphones. The audience are directly connected with

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the performers. While most dyes will be on the acts on stage, thd

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crowd's reaction is also vital, with a three week stay at the National

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Theatre to follow. Don't try that at home!

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Gloucestershire was the foc`l point today for those of you trying to get

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photographs of lightning. Wouldn't be surprised if it might have been

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this strike caused damage. Tomorrow, further showers around but they will

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become more focused towards the south`west. In improving picture.

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Having said all of that, we could still see storms about. Eventually,

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by tomorrow evening, a returning threat of showers coming in from the

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east. This is how the rainf`ll radar has shaped things up. They `re

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drifting up in two parts of South Gloucestershire. Then all exes

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towards the south coast. Thdy will track up to parts of Wiltshhre,

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Somerset. Whether they will retain blunder in them will be a point of

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uncertainty. This is how thd Met Office forecast looks through the

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next 24`hour is also. Low`pressure slap bang over the top of us. That

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will be with us to the causd of tomorrow. Tomorrow evening, towards

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the east, the next area of shower activity started to spread towards

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us. Through the rest of this evening, many areas dry but as I

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showed you, the returning threat of further showers which could be

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lively. That area of low prdssure sits down towards the south of us.

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Temperatures tonight, 10`11dC. Tomorrow morning, still a f`ir

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number of showers around. Whth time, they will become ever confined down

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towards the south`west peninsula but still a few drifting around. Through

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the afternoon, a chance of dry and bright and sunny weather about. The

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return of that next feature, which will dominate overnight.

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Temperatures tomorrow should get up to 16, maybe 17 Celsius. Thhs is how

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the bank holiday weekend is shaping up. Saturday will be a decidedly

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un`clement today. They will decline in intensity. In improving picture

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on Sunday and on Monday, it could be dry.

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I will be up late for those hard`core viewers who want the local

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