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The main story: Another Iraqi city has fallen into the hands of

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militants. Welcome to BBC Points West with

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Liz Beacon and David Garmston. Unemployment falls again le`ving

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some companies struggling to find enough workers to keep

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production going. It's totally turned the othdr way.

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We have more jobs than candhdates at the moment.

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We'll be investigating the political consequences of the latest

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The plans to give every young child a hot dinner, but some schools still

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The campaign to encourage the older workers to pass on the

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And it's a stick up, the grown`ups beating the children

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at their own game as a football sticker craze sweeps Britain.

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Unemployment in the West has fallen for the third month in a row.

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There are now fewer people out of work here than

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But with more jobs on offer, and fewer people looking for them,

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some employers have told us they now rely on workers from

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Here's our business correspondent Dave Harvey.

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We've grown our staff from 08 in the last years will stop as Britain

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battled the recession there was good money to be made in comfort food.

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Business is going well and our forecast is good for the next few

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years. And that means fewer people

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signing on at job centres. I've been tracking the numbdrs of

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people signing on in Bristol and across the West Country. I've put

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together a little graph. Have a look at this in 2009 the figures rocket

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up. Now they are starting steadily to decline. I'm really glad to say

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there are more jobs on offer to people. Our clients are busher.

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Things have totally flipped around. We have more jobs than candhdates.

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We are going further afield to recruit.

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And at Marshfield, they really mean further afheld

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Yes, they still draw on the Wiltshire villages and towns,

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but a vital ingredient in their workforce are Polish people,

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They were very positive abott the opportunities. They wanted `

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long`term, full`time work. They were worth `` they were willing to put

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themselves out and find the work. Jobs like these will also bring

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comfort to ministers, boosthng their claims that the economy is

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recovering. There enough skhlled people to fill them?

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The economy will be the single biggest factor in deciding next

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So with things improving, does this leave Labour without a way

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I'm joined by Richard Grahal, the Tory MP for Gloucester `nd

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by Todd Foreman, who's hoping to be Labour MP for North East Solerset.

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You've got to hand it to thd government. They've tackled the

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problem? Well foreign emploxers are welcome. But you haven't mentioned

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the pressure on living standards. The average Briton is worse off

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since David Cameron came into power. The government is doing nothing to

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address that. Do you accept that? The figures are good. Unemployment

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in Gloucester is now 21.5% better than it was in 2010. There hs no

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room for complacency. I had a jobs were last Friday with over 2000 jobs

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available. Lots of people are still looking for jobs. What is

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interesting is if you look `t the indicators, you have manufacturers

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across the South West saying they are expecting to employ people over

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the sex `` over the next six months. Crystal ball Azinger is find but

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what we saw today was a fall in wage growth. That's taken a huge hit

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since 2010. We welcome on vholent figures falling. Do you accdpt that

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many of these new jobs are low paid and often on poor terms and

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temporary? Now I don't think that's the case. If you look at thd growth

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of the jobs across Gloucestdrshire they are in a whole range of

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different sectors. Many of them are highly paid and the skills gap is

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tending to be at the top and not at the bottom. Should there be a change

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in your approaches to the issue of immigration?

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Labour is saying we will look at immigration issues but we don't want

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to close the door. It's pretty clear that people are really resentful of

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immigrants who are coming into the UK for reasons of wanting to live

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here and get benefits. European citizens who are coming herd to work

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and plug skills gaps are welcome and have been a long time. The real

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challenge is to make sure enough of our young people are studying the

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subjects which will lead to good careers. We have to leave it there.

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As World Cup fever begins to grip the country, the police havd

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launched a campaign warning of an expected rise in domestic vholence.

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Figures from four years ago showed an increase of 30%

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The Avon and Somerset force has now trained up extra officers

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Across the UK, nearly one million women experience

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at least one incident of domestic abuse each year.

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During big football tournamdnts the number of incidents reported to Avon

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We want to protect victims. After they contact the police thex should

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be safer. We are working re`lly hard across the service to ensurd either

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this. It is World Cup time `nd we recognise there has been an increase

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in incidents in the past. Wd want to take the opportunity to makd sure we

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are prepared. The trouble with football is that it

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tends to go with alcohol, especially around a big tournament

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like the World Cup. Add in frustration

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and disappointment and the Posters are going up in bars

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and clubs across the region to warn people that

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losing is no excuse for violence. And extra staff are being ptt

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on during and I think perpetrators have to

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understand there is no excuse. Whether you are drunk or yotr team

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is lost, there is no excuse for abusing a victim.

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The domestic abuse charity Next Link says people don't have to stffer

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in silence and they're callhng on offenders to think about

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A roof has collapsed on a house in Bath after a fire on the

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Emergency crews were called to Vernon Terrace just before 3.00pm.

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An investigation's now underway into what happened.

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There was a rapid spread of fire and a significant amount of smoke. Crews

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are working using an aerial appliance to make the structure safe

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so that we can get inside the house. A Swindon man remains

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in custody tonight after being charged with murdering

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his wife in a crash on the L1. Tracy Walters suffered serious

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injuries in the collision near Leicester in March and died

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in hospital two days later. Ian Walters, who's 50 years old

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has been remanded in custodx It's coming up. Welcome to the

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programme. We've plenty still to come including a taste of World Cup

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fever. And temperatures are set to rise over the next couple of days

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will stop it possible Fridax will be the warmest day of the year so far.

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There's concern that some schools in the West won't be ready in time to

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provide free meals for all four`to seven`year`olds from September.

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The government has given schools millions of pounds to changd

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But head teachers are warning that it's not enough.

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Clinton Rogers has been to a school in Somerset to find out

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This head teacher will have serious problems implementing

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This used to be the kitchen at Bishop Henderson Primary School

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A growing school now, with 420 pupils, it needed `ll

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Even if this school buys in meals from an outside supplier

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it'll need to convert part of this hall to a server.

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That'll cost ?16,000 ` money it doesn?t have.

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From September, all schools will have to provide

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The only way we could do th`t is to take it from education staffing

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This is by no means the onlx school struggling. They reckon onlx one

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third of primary schools in Somerset still have their own kitchens. The

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county council is planning to build one big central kitchen. Thd

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question is, will it be ready in time? From September all schools

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will have to provide free mdals for impotence. Schools like this which

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has its own kitchen will be better placed to supply those needs.

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Nutritionists say from a health point of view

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Not every school will have the survey `` the facilities to provide

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hot meals. Some will providds sandwiches but they are not high up

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enough on the nutritional v`lue scale.

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But many schools are worried that what was promised free

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by the government will end tp costing them money they don't have.

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This was always going to be a big undertaking. Look at the sc`le of

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it. 2700 schools need to get kitchen facilities either improve or

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potting. `` or put in. In Bristol, they are saying 44 schools need new

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equipment. There is also a political dimension to this will stop it was a

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liberal Democrat idea and conservatives have said it lay not

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be the best use of money at the time. Why do we think the government

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is pushing ahead? There was a big pilot project done into are`s back

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in 20 09 to 2011. The results suggested the performance of pupils

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and their behaviour had improved. They think this can make a big

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difference and the idea is to bring it into all primary schools across

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the country. They would likd to roll it out to all children if they can

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afford it. If it proves poptlar it will be a case of all partids

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claiming credit. A former supermarket worker claims

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he's been victimised and bullied after raising concerns about food

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chillers that were switched The man, who's now left the Lidl

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store in Hanham, was speaking at An employment tribunal has had

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claims that the food chillers at this store where off for as long as

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four hours on one of the hot just days in June of last year. The claim

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is that some customers were coming back with food that had gond off.

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The claims come from Matthew O'Donnell who has gone to the

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employment tribunal claim that he was penalised for raising the

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concerns. He was penalised for being a whistle`blower. He claims is ours

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were reduced and he was har`ssed by managers. He says his store manager

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had a one`to`one with him and said if he took it further he wotld face

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the sack. Matthew claims he was bullied out of his job but during

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the tribunal we've heard from Liddell 's lawyer who says that

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Matthew has grossly misread Bentsen pack `` grossly misrepresented.

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We will have to wait until darly September for the judge to lake up

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his mind. As to whether or not the chillers were compromised, the store

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has not made an official st`tement. One of the statement at the tribunal

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said there was a potential for the chill chained to have broken down.

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The cost of repairing one of the main commuter routes

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between Bristol and Bath is set to cost ?1.5 million.

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The A431 has been closed at Kelston since February due to a landslip.

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Bath and North East Somerset Council still thinks it could be Christmas

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Airbus has lost a major orddr for its new lightweight carbon

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The aircraft first flew this time last year, and thousands of staff

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at Filton designed the wings, fuel systems and landing ge`r.

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Today the Dubai based Emirates airline cancelled an order for 0 of

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Airbus says it's disappointdd, but still has orders

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The Dymock Red, Hunt's Duke of Gloucester, Bromley

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and Gilliflower of Gloucestdrshire, all good West Country apples.

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But there are concerns that they could disappear

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if young people don't take an interest in growing them.

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Many of the skills involved in keeping orchards have bedn

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passed down through generathons and the Gloucestershire Orchard

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Trust is worried that once dxisting apple and pear producers retire

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Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.

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Health and safety has obviotsly changed

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and there are real concerns the skill involved in growing the apples

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Here, those who are passion`te about orchards worry that

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traditional methods ` and consequently rare apple

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varieties ` handed down through generations could be lost forever.

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a bit it may be skills that aren't taught in colleges. But thex are

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real father to son, handed down knowledge. Once that is gond,

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extinction is forever. Although commercial growing will

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meet demand, the loss of the rarer orchards

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impacts on smaller producers. The cider makers here in thd Forest

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of Dean say they couldn't produce such a diverse range without

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the unique varieties. Small orchard of related. They tend

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to be good for diversity in terms of varieties. From the big comlercial

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orchards we get the same varieties. They are also great for people

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making some extra money in the autumn.

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But if traditional orchard skills are dying with the older generation,

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are the younger ones interested in taking it on?

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These farming students at Hartpury College, schooled

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in modern, high tech, agrictltural skills, still seem keen.

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We've got orchards from all ages, from 60 years down to five xears

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old. It's nice to see the old trees. There might be other ways of making

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more money but I would look into it in order to keep the heritage alive.

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The orchard skills centre is targeting schools

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and young people with coursds teaching even the basics of how to

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Hopefully breeding a new generation of grower and keeping a special part

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South African international batsman Colin Ingram will join Somerset

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He'll play for the county for five weeks during July and early August.

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Ingram has played in 31 one`day international matches

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He'll replace Alviro Petersdn at Somerset, who has been c`lled up

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Football stickers used to bd the preserve of the school playground,

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but now you're just as likely to find them in the workplace.

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And with the World Cup kickhng off tomorrow,

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collecting and swapping is reaching fever pitch across the West Country

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John Maguire has been meeting grown men and women in Bristol desperate

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We need to England players, two Nigerians. There is a familhar

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mantra, dot, dot, need, need, it is the painstaking and expensive

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process of building a World Cup sticker album. At this office, it is

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not a matter of life and de`th, it is much more important than that. If

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you find out that someone h`s a sticker you need, they are hn

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demand. There is a guy in a cafe of the road who usually has a part of

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the swapsies out on the corner. It got too political for me and I had

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to give it to my boss. I haven't done this since 1986. You ndver end

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quite know what you are going to get. That's a good player. Not bad.

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Can I get an elusive card? Nope Not a bad effort. Only 635 to go. I

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remember collecting the med`ls from 1966.

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Well I'm joined now by Henrx Birtles from Wiltshire who's written

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And as well as featuring many of us West Country folk, there's `lso a

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few stars in there, including Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and Damien Lewis.

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We'll talk to Henry in just a moment but first let's take a look.

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Will they interrupt the Samba and debug the ghost of more. Will we

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hear three Lions roar. We'vd seen Liz Hurley, Damian Lewis. How hard

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was it to convince them to get on board? It wasn't difficult. I am a

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friend of Liz Hurley's. I w`s asked to write this and when I was on the

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telephone to Liz, I said thhs is very exciting. I've written a sperm

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and been asked to make a hole movie. She suggested why don't I do

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a line? I'll get you to do ` line. Damian had read one of my poems at

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West Mr Abbey in October, so I approached him through his

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Tony Adams's Sun ghost to school with my son. I was very lucky. Going

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across the country and gathdring the words, how do you gauge the mood of

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England at the moment? I thhnk there is very much more of a realhstic

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approach to this World Cup than there has been recently. I've had

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dreadful world cups. I felt deeply saddened and let down at thd last

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couple. I think we have all got used to it now and we are more rdalistic.

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I reckon within a week or two if the games go our way we will believe we

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are going to win again. You've obviously put a lot of hard work

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into this. Where do you hopd it s going to be shown? It's been on BBC

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world News. I've had a few loments on the radio. It has been on here. I

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would love to see it on the main BBC World Cup show with Gary Lineker.

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We'll see what we can do. Wd have to catch up with the weather now.

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Beautiful conditions developing now. The scene at Minehead sums tp the

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coastal districts through the course of tomorrow. A good deal of clear,

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blue sky. It will be a pleasant day of light

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winds and will mostly be warm. The temperatures are on the risd and

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that will be come obvious bx Friday. High pressure is responsibld for

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this settled spell. In terms of the forecast, it is a

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persisting theme. For the rdst of this evening there will be cloud

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bubbling up but we will losd that. We will end up with clear skies

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through the course of tonight. Light winds. It will be a comparatively

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cool or chilly night. Some districts will get down to six Celsius. Most

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urban areas will be around dight or nine Celsius. As you go across into

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Devon we will see patches of cloud. Tomorrow, strong sunshine and as the

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day wears on we will see a little bit more cloud. Many Western and

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Northern areas will remain cloud free. The winds will be light. The

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pollen count will be through the roof. UV levels will be equ`lly

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high. We saw 18 to 20 Celsits today will stop we will beat that

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tomorrow. 23 Celsius should be on the cards. It's odds`on to be the

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warmest day of the year so far. There is the outside chance of a

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shower in the east of our dhstrict but it low chance. Maybe a spot of

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rain on Saturday. Enjoy the weekend. The winter feels a long way away.

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We'll be back with an updatd at 10pm. Otherwise we will see you

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tomorrow. I for now.

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