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in advance of the general election. That is all from

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Welcome to BBC Points West with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

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Our main story tonight: The kindness of strangers.

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Volunteers rebuild some of the homes flooded out on the Somerset Levels

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because the insurance companies have abandoned them.

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When it came to renewal timd, the broker says he could not get any

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insurance company to take it on But from next Summer,

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the government's promising flood insurance will be available

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for all homes. We'll be talking to the indtstry

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about how the scheme will work. A new home for travellers `

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Bath approves plans It is now or never for Bristol Rugby

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cup who need a bigger win in tonight's lay`off final to secure a

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place in the premiership. And is is this the best cop car ever

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` Avon and Somerset go Formtla One ` with a vehicle that acceler`tes

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from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds. Volunteers are rebuilding sdveral

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uninsured homes after flood that costs the West millions of pounds.

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The government are introduchng a new scheme that will force interviewers

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to offer policies at it affordable rates. That does not come in until

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next summer. Our Somerset Rdporter reports.

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When this house flooded last year, the insurers did not want

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And so for Chris Matthews, the volunteers working inside,

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This is the sorry state we are in at the moment.

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We visited the house in February, right after it flooded,

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a matter of days later, four inches of water was to become four feet.

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Rebuilding the house now is costing the family nothing,

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even though they are uninsured. One building company has offered

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time and manpower, completely free of charge.

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It restores your faith in htman nature, but it does worry

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me, because if ever this sort of thing was to happen again, H mean

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you are not going to get a constant flow of people who can afford to

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give you the time and also invest the money to rebuild.

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So you are worried about the future?

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So, all this has been freshly concrdted

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Next door, Mr Matthew's daughter`in`law was

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covered, her big fear is, if the family house next door could

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not get insurance this year, what are her chances next ydar.

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We still have a mortgage on this place and without insurance,

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no mortgage, what happens, are we going to end up homeless

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Fears that are not unfounded.

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This Somerset estate agent hs already finding companies ttrning

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Where houses have flooded for two years, they are unlhkely,

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perhaps, to want this risk back on their books and if the housd changed

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hands, in the past they oftdn continued with cover, but now they

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don't want to continue with cover, we are hearing more and mord. It

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is causing a big problem for their clients and custolers

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And even those who thought they had cover are realising that thd devil

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may be in the small print. This couple,

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on the edge of Moorland, were told their insurance was null and void

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because they did not declard a drainage ditch near their property.

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So now, they are living in a caravan.

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As you can see I live in this wonderful caravan

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which was donated to us... Sorry. the generosity of people is

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amazing! To give us caravan to live hn.

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The generosity does not stop there, there is another house

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being rebuilt by people givhng their time for nothing.

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amazing how kind some peopld are.

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From next Summer people livhng on the Somerset Levels will be able to

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A new fund has been set up by the government and the insurance

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industry to help householders who live in high risk areas.

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I asked Malcolm Tarling from the Association of British

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Insurers if it means people will no longer be left high and dry.

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Next summer, people in the region who are most at risk of flooding and

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least able to afford the cost of flood insurance should be able to

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get the insurance they need at the price they can afford. Flood

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premiums will be capped at ` certain level. Who will pay for that? Why

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will they ensure people who want to claim? The cost will be paid for by

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those people who go into it through insurance premiums and also through

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a levy which would be paid by all insurance customers. This is not an

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additional amount, it is a standardisation of amounts they have

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already been paying under a previous agreement. If you come across

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property, and there is a stream nearby which might flood, you will

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not be staying in future we won t insure you? In the future scheme, we

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will be able to offer insur`nce cover to people at risk of flooding,

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just as we do widely at the moment. The difference is that the premiums

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will be capped at a level that should ensure, regardless of the

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risk of flooding, that you can get the insurance at a price yot can

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afford. What happens to people who are about to renew? Insurance will

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continue to offer flood covdr today getting customers. Obviouslx, the

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cost of the cover will depend on the level of flood risk and previous

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flood claims made. People mhght have too increased their flood excess to

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in sure that premiums can bd capped at an affordable level. What would a

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reasonable premium be, a three house `` three level house on the Somerset

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Levels. It is too difficult to say. There are so many variables. Are we

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talking about hundreds or thousands of pounds? Hundreds of pounds,

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maybe, in extreme cases we light have a flood excess running into

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thousands of pounds but thex are the exception rather than the rtle. The

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cost of a travel' site in Twerton has been given a go`ahead. For four

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years they have been camped here is eagerly, now the council must pay to

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make it legitimate. One pointed me in pounds will be spent on this site

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in the green belt beside Bath. Instead of Mark Dasher goat mud and

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portaloos, there will be 14 pitches come each with its own Port`kabin. I

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think they have every right to feel outraged. On top of that, the fact

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that the administration is talking about having someone in place to

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keep a check on the cost, adds insult to injury is. We are not

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allowed to film inside, but inside the councillors discussed the highly

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`` costs discussed. One member described it as extravagant. Today

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doesn't go vote was about the plan is not the cost. The council

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response will, relief after years of seeking a suitable site. If we take

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in comparison building two`bedroom houses, it is below the cost of

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building them. Bearing in mhnd there are major infrastructure problems on

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the site, that this is a world Heritage site, and that we `re

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enhancing the nature reservds, which have become rundown in prevhous

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years. ?750,000 of the cost will come from the government who expect

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councils to provide suitabld sites for travellers. The work is due to

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start in the autumn. A jury has been hearing how

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a Cheltenham man was beaten to death for stealing a towel, phone

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charger and two bottles of wine Victor McDermott's body was found

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in a car park The court was told Simon Boswell

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and Andrew Harling knocked Mr McDermott unconscious

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before dragging him into thd car park and attacking him again.

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Both men deny murder. The new

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Paediatric Emergency Departlent at the Great Western Hospit`l

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in Swindon will be launched today. The ?1 million works began last

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August As well as a redesigned building,

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there's a dedicated children's A big fundraising effort

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from local people means the hospital Youngsters can be treated sdparately

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from adults. The whole thing cost ?1 million. This evening Bristol Rugby

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club will be trying to bring aid place back in the Premier. @ny to

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overturn a definite deaths `` deficit. Do you think we can do it?

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No side has ever lost the fhrst match and gone on to win. Bristol

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must read some ground. Here is a trophy the winning team will get.

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It's a symbol look`up rights. Obviously, they're winning prize is

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to win promotion up to the premiership. There have been

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different levels of investmdnt into the Bristol team. It's down to this

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man. Most people know him for his connections with Bristol city. It's

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these play`offs. Whatever sport you are involved in, they box ndw. They

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do exist! We have to be good enough to get through them. We havd an

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opportunity tonight to achidve that. Just how much of your money has gone

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into this venture? I won't say that! We have invested and we havd

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invested wisely. We set a btdget and we have stuck to it. We will do the

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same next season will stop ht is a proper business plan. We have

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invested not just in the sqtad, but obviously in the coaching and Andy

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Bosna river team and the medical side. It is on a good fitting. Are

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you still prepared for thosd players who are coming in? Oh yes. The aim

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is to get into the premiership. If not this time, we aim to do it next

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time. We will be stronger ndxt year. That is good news. And if it does

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turn out well tonight, are xou prepared to up that level of

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investment even more? We ard not far from it. We will move to Ashton Gate

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and house more people, maybd not immediately, but certainly over the

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years to come. That is the whole point of it. We want to plax our

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sport in a top acidity with the infrastructure which supports it. I

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hope it goes well. It is a special night on many levels. When xou join

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me again, I will be reminiscing about some of the good old days

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with a couple of club legends and talking to a fan who has tr`velled

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from the other side of the world just to be here tonight. Incredible!

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We will also continue our World War I at Home tyrannies. We will hear

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about an object from his datghter in Cheltenham. The running of West in

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general was the taps to tender after a series of inspections. Its

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improvement has improved and is now likely to be taken over by `nother

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trust. It's been a long fight against what this campaign `nd see

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as privatisation of the NHS. Today, that fight is over.

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But a turnaround in performance means joining forces

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It is great for the people of North Somerset. It's a relief to know it

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will not be a private company taking over this hospital.

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The last time Weston was merged with another hospital was in the 198 's,

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when it joined forces with the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

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So from today , 12 NHS trusts from a 50 mild radius

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of the town have been invitdd to merge with or acquire the hospital.

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But that will be a challengd as it has debts of ?4.5 million

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It's the emergency department that relies most heavily on loculs,

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but joining up with another hospital could improve this.

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That could be seen as a bendfit for doctors wanting to come herd and

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rotate between two hospitals. But could a takeover mean closing

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its A E at night, so that resources can be concentratdd

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at its partner's hospital? Decisions are not about services but

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about the organisation itself. The town will know within two weeks

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which bidders are interested, the most likely candidates `re

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Taunton's Musgrove Park One more men killed `` betwden 8

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and 41 were called up. But some refused to fight. Conscienthous

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objectors or Conchie were shunned by many.

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MUSIC PLAYS The pressure of a young men to sign

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up for the Great War would have been irresistible for most kids. Even the

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music hawkers conspired to hnduce young men to take King's shhlling.

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As is movingly encapsulated in the feature film, Oh

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but we think you ought # to go #.

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But by 1916, Britain had lost half a million soldiers and

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volunteers were no longer enough. The Military Service Act was

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passed, requiring every fit young man to fight on the front lhne. I

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have come to Cheltenham to leet the family of one man who refusdd that

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call and paid a terrible prhce. He was prepared, wasn't he, to die for

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his cause. If necessary, yes. He wasn't a coward. No, he was not

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This is Jack Forrester's datghter, Elizabeth. Jack was a Conchhe. His

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father and his two brothers joined up at the beginning of the war and

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his father must have been qtite young. They went off, but hd decided

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that war was wicked and wrong. He didn't want to have anything to do

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with it. Jack was a mathematician, a schoolteacher and a

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loving but fun father who did everxthing

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by numbers. He told me my thmes tables. Not just, 3 x 3 = 9,

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but, on up to the 50s and 60s. But his

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peaceful life at a public school came to an abrupt end when his

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call`up papers arrived. Relhgious and moral grounds, he supported the

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anti`war movement but while most pacifists were given noncombat

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roles, Jack refused to lift a finger for the war effort. He felt that if

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a sufficient numbers of people said what was wrong, even if thex had to

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give up everything, to do that, later on, in the future, thdre would

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be more and more people who would not. They would not take part in a

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His generation which set an example which later on would get more

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popular and eventually therd would be no war is he felt there should

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not be wars. He was among the few hard court refuses and the lilitary

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tried to break him. They weren't allowed to execute him in Britain,

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said the army moved into Fr`nce where he was sentenced to ddath for

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refusing to obey an order. Lessily, that was changed to improvelent ``

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mercifully. Unbelievable by today's standards. They were given field

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punishment, called crucifixhon, they were tied to the barbed wird with

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chains and ropes with their arms out and their feet tied together at the

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bottom of the barbed wire. They had to hang like that for two hours

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every day. Then they were ptt back in the darkness and were handcuffed.

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That hands were behind their backs all day. They were handcuffs ``

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handcuffed at night with thdir hands in front. Many years later, Jack

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gave a television interview about his experiences and how he hn by ``

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survived the imprisonment, torture and near starvation by his own

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country. Elizabeth has never seen the interview, until now. It was not

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done by tedium. I can always find something to do. Even beford the

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state of conflict, we were on the local side and I would do d`ft

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things like counting out all the names in the Bible, making ` list to

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show their frequencies. What did you think? I am very proud of hhm. He

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did not talk about it, we knew nothing of this when we werd Jordan.

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After the war, public opinion started to turn and tens of

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thousands signed the Piece Pledge saying they would never fight again.

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Conversely, Jack Austro views changed to anti`signed up to fight.

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Jack went on to live a long and principled life and bore no

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bitterness. That was humbling. Jack was a remarkable and brave lan who

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was quite happy to be shot hn the cause of peace. As we look back 100

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years to get terrible conflhct, it is worth remembering that there is

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more than one type of hero. I have learned so much from this sdries.

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BBC local radio is also bro`dcasting stories. Look at our websitd to find

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out more. Let's head back to the

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Memorial Stadium now where Tonight's playoff final is Bristol's

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last ever game Just under the cover! It is going to

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be an emotional night, what ever happened about the results. This

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place has been home for Bristol since 1921 but next season these

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fans on the terraces will bd watching their rugby at Bristol

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City's Ashton gate. The Memorial Stadium was built in memory of the

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rugby players from the city who died in the First World War. Of course,

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it looked very different back in those days. These pictures of me

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1960s when Bristol was in its prime. We have been catching up with two

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legends. 1984, and the Memorial Stadhum

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looked very different. All these years on, it still providing many a

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memory of playing. The forwards run up. I used to

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invite the opposition to trx and stop me. Usually, it was a little

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bit further back. With the constraint of time, we should bring

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it closer. He said he scored it from further out! Not many peopld were

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failing. Not many people want to challenge such a big butt look of a

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man. There are some fantasthc personal memories from the very same

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match. There was a ball just around here and it came on an arc `round

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the rock. Someone took a pass from Richard. They drew the defence that

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was here, all this way and then flicked the ball back insidd. Alan

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Morley scored at the post. @PPLAUSE Fantastic memories, particularly of

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the Welsh teams which came `cross. The players and the calibre of the

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play on those days, the Barry Johnson, they all played here

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against us and it was a trelendous thrill to pick your skills `gainst

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these fantastic players. It was such a big part of mine and Mike's life.

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We are still coming now. It's a fresh start, but I guess a new

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chapter. We look forward to going to Ashton Gate. Some great memories,

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hopefully one more tonight. Tickets sold out within three days, but no

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one has come further than this man, Dave Rawlings, where have you come

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from? I have come from Sydndy, Australia. How much has a cost? A

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small fortune! It's certainly a lot of money, but hopefully it hs worth

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it. A lot of people will be saying, why? I have been a supporter of

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Bristol since I was seven or eight years old. I have missed only a

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handful of games. I always promised myself I would be back to this game

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and here I am. You put thesd flights reasonably before the first leg

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Would you have still come even if you knew that Mr needed a 20 point

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win tonight question mark yds! I took the gamble and would h`ve been

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here regardless. I hope it works out for you. Do you think they would do

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it? I hope so! Good stuff! Well done on making the trip. Bristol need to

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win by 20 day are going to lake Dave and everyone's night here. Results

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later. Could it be

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the fastest police car ever? It's an Arial Atom, made

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in Somerset, holder of the Top Gear lap record, and the closest thing to

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a motorbike on four wheels. It's fitted out with the Avon

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and Somerset police livery. It won't be chasing villains

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on our roads though ` it's been drafted in to prolote

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their new bike safety campahgn, I was keen to come to you. Ht was

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pretty good! More than 50 cc! These guys will greet us tomorrow. Plenty

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of blue sky and sunshine for tomorrow. There will be the odd

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shower in the afternoon. Thd majority will be dry and warm

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competitor Dave. The rain h`s killed its way across Wales and is ready

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its way eastwards. Potential thunderstorms over South Wiltshire

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and heavy rain on the cards for many of you through the evening.

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Including the rugby match. Ht will tidy up eventually. Tomorrow, under

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high pressure ridges, it will bring a much better day all round. But

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this evening, still a fair `mount of wet weather to come but it will turn

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erratic and then lighter as the evening goes on and it will clear

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away. The skies were clear, too Temperatures will drop too low

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values, even as low as four Celsius five Celsius. Widely, seven to nine

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Celsius. A cool start tomorrow. That won't last long with June stnshine

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and will turn into a differdnt story. A good deal of sunshhne with

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only a few showers. Variabld amount of cloud as the day wears on. Just a

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light moderate breeze. Tempdratures will be well up on the ten to 1

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Celsius that we saw today, closer to 16 to 18 Celsius. We still retain

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the yellow weather warning for Saturday, I will update you further

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tomorrow. Still a lot of uncertainty are some disruption. Please do

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better and nine. Think you very much. We will be back at 10pm. We

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hope to return in triumphant tomorrow!

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When the first travellers crossed America, they were faced with this -

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The very nature of the American personality was defined.

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Ray Mears explores the land behind the Hollywood legend

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and discovers the wild that made the West.

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