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actor Rick Mayle has died suddenly at the age of 56.

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Hello and welcome to BBC Pohnts West with Will Glennon and Ali Vowles.

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As activists plan protests outside the Government's listening post

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in Cheltenham some think the spying has gone too far.

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We are hoping that the government will actually listen to what the

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people want. That has to be more important than what any corporation

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has two C. We ask tonight, does the Government

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know more about you than it should? Also in the programme,

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more speeding cuts in our councils ` one says ?75 million must bd saved

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in the next three years. Keeping the Somerset spirits up `

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the royal couple checking in And they fought for Europe 70 years

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ago ` how one D`Day veteran's been The online activist group Anonymous

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is organising what it calls a mass protest over three days at GCHQ to

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highlight concerns over privacy The group says claims that GCHQ

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routinely tap into everyone's Internet data is immoral

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and an invasion of human rights The Government intelligence agency

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said all their work is necessary It's a year since Edward Snowden

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first leaked information cl`iming that GCHQ sifts through vast amounts

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of the public's Internet data. At the weekend,

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Stephen Fry condemned the practice in a recorded message for

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a large privacy event in London The fear of terrorism we all have,

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the fear of the unknown that we all share, the fear of enemies who hate

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us is a duplicitous and deeply wrong means of excusing

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something that?s based as spying on The online activist group Anonymous

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have long voiced their concdrns And,

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in a video posted on the Internet, We are left with no option that to

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come to you to show our outrage Anonymous is calling it a m`ss GCHQ

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protest. I met one of the group

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at her home in Gloucestershhre who told me hundreds of people have

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pledged to turn up with manx coming to try

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and protect everyone's priv`cy. Nobody wants to feel as

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if their every move is being watched, as if every piece

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of data is being collected. People strongly believe it hs

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illegal, so that?s why we?rd protesting ` not only to brhng

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more awareness to it, but to tell The last time GCHQ faced protests

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was following the union ban This time it could be potentially

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large numbers It may be a cause a concern for

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security although police told me today it was too early to dhscuss

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what their response will be. When asked to comment,

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GCHQ reiterated to me that the work carried out here

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in Cheltenham is carried out under a strict legal and policy framework

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that is all authorised, When it comes to the August protest,

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the spokesman told me that GCHQ respects the right

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of people to protest peaceftlly A man's been arrested on suspicion

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of causing death by dangerous driving after two

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people were killed and thred people The accident was between a van

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and a lorry. It happened

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in the early hours this morning The westbound carriageway w`s

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closed for several hours. A pre`inquest hearing

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into the deaths of three soldiers on the Brecon Beacons during soaring

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temperatures last summer has been Corporal James Dunsby, from Bath,

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died of 'hyperthermia' The hearing was told that hd also

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suffered multi`organ failurd. The hearing was told that

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a decision on whether to prosecute two members of the armed forces

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for manslaughter as a result of the The trial's begun today of four men

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and two women accused of importing vast quantities of cocaine `nd

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cannabis from Jamaica to Brhstol. The jury heard how

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an organised crime gang ran the This report

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by our home affairs correspondent, The cocaine was

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smuggled out of Jamaica as part The jury heard how the cocahne was

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held in storage warehouses The cannabis went

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by container ship to Holland and But the gang was being targdted

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in a long`running undercover police Bugs had been placed in cars

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and homes by Operation Anthhll The crime boss behind

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the smuggling was Orville S`lmon, who the jury were told has `lready

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admitted his part in the sc`m. He was tracked in

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a covert operation to Wolverhampton for a tense meeting with a Liverpool

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gang who he owed money to. He was handed half a kilo of heroin

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to help him pay off his debts. And this Bristol pub closed down

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after Operation Anthill detdctives raided the coach house was `t the

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very heart of the smuggling empire. Landlord Radcliffe miller and his

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wife Beverley are accused of running the day to day operation through

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a cover company R Imports. Back in Jamaica, the drugs were

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moved through THED Construction When the drugs eventually rdached

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Bristol, they ended up here One such consignment of 146 kilos

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of cannabis was intercepted by Dutch police and the drugs never

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reached their intended desthnation. Altogether,

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six gang members deny chargds of smuggling and the conspiracy to

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supply Class A and B drugs. More on our main story about a

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protest at GCHQ. Doctor Julhan Richards joins us now, who tsed to

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work there are no lectures hn security. Does GCHQ no more than we

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like them too? It now a lot about us but it knows a lot about targets

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that it is protecting us ag`inst. That involves a lot of data

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gathering. As GCHQ have said it is done in accordance with the law I

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think we have to trust that to an extent. Is there anything wd can do?

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Is there is a protest, will it affect policy? Quality, you mean?

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What they are actually doing. Will it affect government policy? No On

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one level, it is lawful to protest about these things and that is no

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problem, that is democratic. The scale of this protest is hard to

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anticipate because of the n`ture of the group and the number of

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connected groups. That will be connected groups. That will be

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headache for the police and for anyone else. Do you think Internet

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surveillance will end or will it get worse as the Internet becomds more

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of a part of our lives? It light not get worse. It may get more

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sophisticated. The fact is that everybody communicates via the

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Internet so if governments `re going to protect us from terrorists and

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other groups like that, thex need to have mechanisms for monitorhng what

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happens on the intranet. Thd question is how they do that and how

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they avoid collateral damagd in doing so. Once more, cuts are

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looming. In 2010, Gloucestershire went far and fast to reduce its

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spending. Since then, the Government has made ?140 million of savings. It

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is now predicting that a further ?75 million needs to be cut over the

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next three years. There has been pain and protest. Threats to

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libraries caused particular outrage. Volunteers filled the gap.

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Now comes the hard bit, changing the way that the vulnerable are cared

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for. If we don't make this change, there is the chance we will not have

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the money to protect them in future. That is a national issue. Wd think

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if we make them now, we can deliver the changes and still be thdre for

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people who need is the most. Looking after the elderly, disabled and

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children takes up 66% of thd budget. Well demand is growing. We dstimate

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that there are around 16,000 older people in Gloucestershire who are

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below the poverty line. The anxiety is that people are going to slip

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through the net and not be cared for, and worst`case scenario, end up

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dying. Gloucestershire launches a public consultation today on how to

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spend less. It will be up to councillors to decide how they are

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delivered. A Bristol mother is calling for a

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change in the law to better protect child sex abuse victims when they

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give evidence in court cases. She's supporting a new campaign bx the

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NSPCC. We've changed her nale to protect her identity.

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It just isn't a child friendly You're about to be aggressively

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questioned by a barrister, Victoria says this is what

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happened to her daughter. But she said she had no ide` she

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would be put through 'sheer hell? giving evidence via

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a video link from the same court You never ever envisage

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your daughter's going to be abused. Then you wait for a trial

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for this case, and then you see your daughter being slanderdd,

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intimidated by a barrister. The paedophile

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and his family looking at mx family in the court, trying to get her out,

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before they come and see her. When she'd finally finished she had

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to give evidence over two d`ys. When she finally finished,

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she was like a shell. The NSPCC wants the court sxstem to

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change, so the environment hs less alien and intimidating to children

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who've already been through They want children to give dvidence

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away from court, better explanation of legal

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language, and training for `ll lawyers and barristers so no child

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is ever brutally cross`examhned For Victoria, any change is too

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late to help her daughter. And despite her ordeal,

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she doesn't want to stop victims Without a doubt,

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I'm glad we went to the polhce. And you have to go through

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the system. We just need to get some ch`nges

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in place to make the system better, so we get better evidence

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from the children. Joining us live from Millbank is

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the Government's Victims' Mhnister. Don't you think that victims of

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sexual abuse are being let down There was a review 25 years ago and

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they say nothing much has changed. That was true until recentlx. We

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have now changed things. I sympathise with that mother and her

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daughter's ordeal. That is why we have introduced a pre`trial

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cross`examination so that young people don't have two be in court

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with the people who may havd abused them. They can give their evidence

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days or months before the trial from a safe environment so that they

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don't go through that. We are piloting that in the courts across

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the country. If that proves successful, we will call it out

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across the whole country. Btt in 89% of children have to go into the

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court and a mate see the perpetrators of the crime. `` they

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might. I have every sympathx. It should have changed in the past but

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things are now changing. We are doing that. We have had 60 cases so

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far go through or be prepardd for the courts where we are doing this

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pilot and children as young as four have been giving evidence

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successfully. This is clearly working. It also helps the system

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bring people to justice. The flood damaged Somerset

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village of Moorland had The Earl and Countess of Wessex

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spent about an hour in the village. It was part of a day

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which saw them complete no fewer than six royal engagements hn

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the county, from opening a hospital Raising the flag for a visit

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which was to raise morale in this It's not every day you get to chat

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to Royalty over the garden fence. The Earl and Countess

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of Wessex were genuinely surprised Just about every home in Moorland

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was swamped It is a real morale booster. It is

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really nice to see everybodx happy. We have had so many bad timds. It

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has lifted the atmosphere. As well

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as meeting the flood victims, the royal couple chatted with some

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of the volunteers who've bedn Now there's

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a selfie to trump them all. You've got a nerve! If you don't

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ask, you don't get! Today w`s a chance to wave a banner sayhng that

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Somerset is open for business. They also visited Cheddar. The

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combination of the words Solerset and flood is unfortunate but there

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is no truth to the rumour. Ht is business as usual. There was also a

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Somerset cider orchard to vhsit a supermarket to open, and a visit to

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meet search and rescue volunteers. It brings a whole new meaning to

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Royal variety. The Wiltshire snooker player Stephen

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Lee appeared in court this lorning, and has pleaded guilty to fraud The

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former world number five, from Trowbridge, has had a troubled few

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years. Last month, he lost his appeal against a 12`year ban from

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the sport for match`fixing. Laura Jones reports.

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He had been described as ond of the most natural players

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the game had ever seen. Ranked number 5 in the world,

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a bright future beckoned. Today though, banned from

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the professional game, Stephen Lee was in Swindon, at the Magistrates?

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Court, to face a charge of fraud. The court heard that he had agreed

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to sell his snooker cue to ` man in Hong Kong who paid ?1600 for it But

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DQ never turned up. Lee was later arrested. They heard that she had

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intended to send it but lifd difficulties got in the way.

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Lee pleaded guilty but, spe`king to the BBC afterwards, said he

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I'm guilty of taking the ?1600. I have not had the spare ?200 to send

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it. That's what I'm guilty of and that's what they see it.

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The 39`year`old has banned from playing professional snooker

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for 12 years after being fotnd guilty of match fixing.

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It was described by the gamd's governing body as the worst case

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Last month, he lost an appeal against that ban.

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Lee was today ordered to pax back the money he had received

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for the cue and fined more than ?200.

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Gloucester have described the appointment of new director

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of rugby David Humphreys as 'a big statement of intent?.

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He's expected to start his new role with the Cherry and Whites later

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this month, once he's compldted his exit from current club Tlster.

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Gloucester now want to appohnt a head coach to work with hhm.

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David Humphreys was an Ulster legend as a player.

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Captain of their European Ctp winning team in 1999, he was

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a top class international fly`half, winning 72 caps for Ireland.

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But it's his achievements since retiring six years ago that

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As director of operations at Ulster, he's overseen a rise

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David, in the last four years, has been in the finals. He has taken

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Ulster from being relativelx unknown and recruited star players. He has

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made them a force in Europe. Humphreys will replace Nigel Davies,

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who was sacked by Gloucester, But he'll be less involved than

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his predecessor on the training field with ` head

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coach to be appointed below him He'll inherit some big signhngs

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including World Cup winner John Afoa And supporters are expecting

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an improvement on last season's It's all about the blend. Nobody

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will come in with a magic w`nd. For David, the first thing he ndeds to

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do is to assess the quality of the squad and how he needs to m`ke best

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use of it. This appointment to Gloucester following model that has

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been successful at many clubs, having both a director Andy head

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coach. The latter position hs still vacant, so his first job is to find

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that man. Bristol Rovers' move to the new stadium has been delayed by

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a year. They had hoped to move there for the 2015 to 2016 season but

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construction work would be finished till later this year. One Wdst

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Country man is a veteran of the D`Day landings. He has been awarded

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France's highest medal. Major Alan Graham took place and the elotional

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celebration in Normandy. Alhce is with him now. Welcome to thd house

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of Alan Graham. He has just come back from the most amazing weekend

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in Normandy, celebrating thd 70th anniversary of the D`Day landings.

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He was given France's highest honour while they are. `` while thdy are.

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How did you feel? I have a few medals but this was a highlhght I

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was immensely pleased. It is a sign of the esteem that French pdople

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hold veterans in. Everybody in France is well aware of what

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happened. What was the highlight? Meeting Prince Charles? I h`ve met

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him before. I think it was the warmth of the French people. The

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warmth of all ages was astonishing. What was your role 70 years ago I

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parachuted in to blow up thd bridge. It was on the River Dives. H was to

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blow up bridges to prevent Germans coming in from the east of

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Normandy. Those bridges had to be blown up. How do you feel that it

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was probably the last time xou went to Normandy? At my age, I whll be

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lucky not to go again. I do love going, but it was quite somdthing.

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How did you feel watching it all on television, Mary? I recorded it all

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but we haven't had time to watch it yet! It was really good. I have

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always been proud of him. Hd's done all sorts of different work in the

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Army, even when he stopped being a soldier. Thank you so much. The

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celebrations have not stoppdd because Alan is meeting his friend

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Bill tomorrow, who went to @ustralia after the war. They served together

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70 years ago on the front lhne. We salute you! What a brave man I

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love hearing D`Day stories. Let s get the weather.

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It is a day of transition. We still have showers but a fair amotnt of

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sunshine. We will lose low pressure as we get towards the middld of the

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week. Low pressure is sitting to the west of us, ringing showers from the

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south`west. For some in the West, you might have sunny, dry wdather.

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Patchy outbreaks are around this evening and they will run their way

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north is. By daybreak tomorrow, we will have a few showers across

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western areas, although it will probably start to dry. Tempdratures

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tonight of ten to 12 Celsius. Tomorrow, the further west xou are,

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you are likely to have showdrs. As you go East, showers are more

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sparse. There will be sunshhne in between, so overall, a good day

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Gusts of up to 25 mph. Tempdratures of up to 19 Celsius. As high

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pressure starts to dominate from Wednesday on words, it will slip its

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way westwards which means a good deal of trying and sunny we`ther

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about. `` a good deal of trxing That is reflected in temper`tures

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climbing up through the week. A dry day on Wednesday to Saturdax, and

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temperatures will lift into the low 20s.

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Some are trying to break out? They haven't done it yet! That it from

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us. I'll be back at 8:00pm and then

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10:00pm. For now, have a good evening.

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