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following a breakthrough in relations. -- in Iran.

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How the Somerset Levels werd left exposed to the elements.

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A group of MPs concludes that the flooding

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was partly a manmade disastdr caused by a lack of prevention.

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It has been a silent enemy, it has built up and built up and now we

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We'll be talking to the minhster in charge of preventing floods.

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The tragedy of a schoolboy who died frol

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an allergic reaction after dating a Chinese meal containing ntts.

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New York, London, Shepton M`llet ` cider makers are urged to sdll

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And recycling a good idea ` Bath is in line to get bikes,

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Six months after the floods that devastated a large part of Somerset,

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a committee of MPs has concluded what local people had been saying

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all along ` not enough monex was spent on preventing the crisis.

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The report by the MPs is highly critical of the lack of work to stop

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the flooding and says more needs to be done to stop a repeat of the

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disaster that cost millions ` and caused untold emotional distress.

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Scott Ellis is live for us on the Levels tonight.

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The report is music to the dars of many in Somerset, especiallx those

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behind me, people in Morland got badly flooded. The reason is the

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select committee are saying activities like this behind us

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should go on year on, year on. They say it should never have stopped,

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despite budget cuts. We are facing a change in weather patterns, more

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flood events and if we don't pay for regular maintenance of thesd rivers,

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we will pay for the clean`up. The Select Committee is worried that

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funding for river maintenance is MPs warn that dredging like here

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at Moorland needs to be dond year after year and not just

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in response to a crisis. Farmers need a better deal too,

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say MPs. John's grass on the Levels lay be

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green but prolonged flooding leaves It is very coarse, the leavds

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haven't got any sugars in them. The Select Committee says f`rmland

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needs better production from flooding

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and isn't just sacrificed to save Until now,

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we have been the cheap option up. Now that is acknowledgement that

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the land is worth something and it produces food,

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it has a business value. I think that can only be a

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good idea coming forward. The government says it is spending

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more than ?3 billion on flood Will improvements come quickly

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enough? This woman was flooded out, she hopes to be back in in November.

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She is 80% certain she will be flooded again this winter. This

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should have been done years before. It has not been done, it has been

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left and it is a silent enely. It has built up and built up and we are

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suffering the consequences. What they are doing is good but ht needs

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to be more, it needs to be tenfold what they are doing.

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The threat of flooding is a question bidders will be asking themselves

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at auction tomorrow when thhs three bed bungalow with three thrde acres

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I don't see a problem with anticipating good interest

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for the bungalow because of the opportunity it presents itsdlf to

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somebody who is thick`skinndd about what MIGHT happen in the future

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It has happened the last two years running.

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Mr Cameron is the Prime Minhster and what he says goes.

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We're going to spend a forttne on this before it happens again

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The reality is the house has gone unrepairdd

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Cash buyers only and ones that believe DEFRA,

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Let's talk to an action grotp who campaigned for dredging. Thdy are

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having a break now. What do you make of this enquiry report backhng up

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everything you have said? It is a great step forward. It isn't just us

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saying it any more, coming from the ministers, things that we h`ve been

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saying, it is another report backing up what we say. This dredging is

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paid for by government, a one`off lump sum but in future it mtst come

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locally. There is talk of a levy on households further upstream like

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Taunton or Yeovil. It has to be catchment wide, especially on the

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Somerset Levels. We have to have the things we have campaigned for like

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dredging, pumping stations, catchment charge. How much should a

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house play? Five or ?10. Thhs is a whole catchment problem in Dorset,

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South Somerset, Exmoor. It hs all over because the water that ended up

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in my front room wasn't rain that fell on my land. It is a catchment

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problem. You hope to be back in your house by November. Are you worried

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it will happen again? This hsn't a silver bullet. Those things I

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mention, the catchment charge and pumping station... Are you worried

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you will be flooded again? 40`5 . We must leave it there. Thank xou for

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talking to me. The workmen working until 7pm every night as thdy dredge

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way along the river. Earlier I spoke to the floods minister and H asked

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him what reassurances he cotld give to the people in Somerset. We have

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been absolutely clear that we are spending more in this parli`ment

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than any previous government has done. Three billion on flood

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defences and we want to work with local communities, the dredging is

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happening on the rivers and local campaigners and we think it is real

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progress and we will look at the report and if there are any issues

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where we can improve we havd done, we will do. Keeping up the stringent

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maintenance programme will take money, we were told money w`s no

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object but can government ststain this, one idea is for a loc`l levy

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for people in flood prone areas Who should pay and how much? Thd

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principle of paying a levy or ready exists in areas where the internal

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drainage boards are active. The discussion locally in Somerset with

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government and the local authorities is taking this forward to m`ke the

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best use of resources to sed maintenance that people want. The

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government is investing in flood defences and we can work together to

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get the best use of investmdnt. What about Somerset farmland, thd report

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says agriculture is key, wh`t can you say to farmers? We work closely

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with the farmers on a range of issues growing the real economy is

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crucial. Farmers are at the heart of that. We will put schemes in place

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to help farmers. The schemes we have put in place, they protect lives,

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property but farmland, too. We believe the work we will carry out

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an action plan will help farmers to get even better protected in future.

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Can you guarantee farmers and residents here that with all of the

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work happening and after thhs report if more rain falls, they will not

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find themselves in the same miserable situation next winter We

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learn lessons all the time. It isn't as the rivers, there is work to make

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pumps and stations to bring in extra pumping and other ways to gdt the

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water off the level. We cannot control the weather. We must use all

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the things at our disposal to tackle this to keep people safe. I cannot

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guarantee we will not have dxtreme weather events but we will do all we

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can. One man suffered a broken ndck

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and three others were also taken to hospital after their car cr`shed

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into traffic lights while they were It happened at the Coate Rotndabout

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in Swindon in the early hours No other vehicles were involved

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and all four men were arrested Wiltshire Police have referred

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the incident to the Independent A teenager who's living hundreds

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of miles away from her Gloucestershire hole

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so she can be treated in psxchiatric units, says her condition h`s

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worsened because of the isolation. Layke Smith from Berkeley

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suffers from an eating disorder NHS England says every effort

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possible is made to place The last time Layke Smith s`w

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her family was three months ago That is because she has movdd yet

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again to another psychiatric hospital hundreds of miles

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from the Gloucestershire hole. When she first started self harming

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three years ago, she had to stay in psychiatric units

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in Birmingham and Manchester and It is important when having mental

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health difficulties, you shouldn't have to choosd

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between either getting treatment Her mother is single and expensive

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travelling has meant the falily have It is every parent's instinct,

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you would want to say to thdm, It is not something you can do

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when your daughter is far away. Yes,

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sometimes at night when she has not had a good day, you feel helpless

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and it is upsetting to think of her so far away yet you can't

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reassure her with your presdnce The nearest specialist beds are here

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in Bristol but they offer local patients and not youngsters

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from Gloucestershire. NHS England which is in charge

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of these services, In a statement, they say evdry

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effort is made to treat pathents close to home but in urgent cases,

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this is not always possible. Health bosses in Gloucestershire

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say demand for these servicds needs Until they are, families will

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have emotional turmoil not only of serious mental illness to deal

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with, but also very little contact Joining us now

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from Gloucester is Stephen Lydon, who is the Chair of the Health and

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Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee You're responsible for acting

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in patient's interests are xou Let's be clear, I can't givd you or

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comment on individual cases. The role of the committee which I chair

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draws on people from across the County Council and districts and

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health bodies attend. We do monitor and look at cases across`thd`board.

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Every case like this is sad. I can speak personally, one of my family

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members has had a long`term eating disorder however there is an issue.

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Let me be clear in Gloucestdrshire we don't commission the services.

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What is the answer? If I cotld just finished. Our time is short. What we

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would recommend is a motion to be scuffed at the council next week

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which I hope will get all`p`rty support to form a task group to look

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at all mental health servicds for younger people to look at what best

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provision we can provide locally and if we need to do that, make sure it

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is local. Only 6% of spending on mental health goes towards xoung

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people. You are better informed than I am but mental health is

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underfunded. As I say, we are keen to ensure all I young peopld get the

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best service possible. And H certainly, I would not be h`ppy to

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have to go miles away to sed people. We have to respect we are whth

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scarce resources and not all provision can be provided on the

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doorstep. Thank you so much for coming into the studio. I h`d you

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didn't have too much troubld hearing me. All the best, mate.

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An inquest has heard how a 15`year`old boy

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from Gloucestershire died from an extreme allergic re`ction

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after eating a takeaway which he didn't realise contained nuts.

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William Luckett's mother told the court he had previously been

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diagnosed as having a nut intolerance

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She said he hadn't had a reaction for nearly ten ydars

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and no longer had a prescription for an "epi pen", which delhvers

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The inquest heard William Ltckett was six when he was diagnosdd as

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having a nut intolerance. Hhs parents say he was sensible about

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avoiding foods containing ntts. In 2012 his father brought a t`keaway

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including his favourite food, barbecue ribs. William had ht all

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the time in different restatrants and believed it to be safe. He did

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not ask if it contains nuts. William left the table during the mdal, when

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he went to find them, he was struggling to breathe and p`nicking.

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He tried to calm William down and he was feeling better but then the

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condition worsens. The group hail and his lips were swollen. William

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lost consciousness in the c`r and ambulance was called but attempts to

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revive him failed. The causd of death was anaphylaxis. Investigation

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showed the barbecue sauce contained peanut butter. The menu said food

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may contain nuts but there was no specific warning about that item.

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The court heard they are not required to by law and were

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compliant. Williams parents said he was prescribed epi pens with

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adrenaline but they never use them and over time the prescripthon

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stopped. The coroner recordhng a narrative verdict said she was not

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saying and epi pen would have saved him but it might have made `

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difference. To raise the aw`reness of the pens. Nut allergies hn

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children develop and change over time. I think that needs to be

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followed up with health as screenings. The medication for a

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severe reaction is adrenaline which we all have naturally in our bodies.

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In a severe allergic reaction you need lots of it and I carry auto

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injectors myself because if I were far from help they might bux me some

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time. The family paid tribute to a pure soul, a good son who w`s their

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boy. Very sad. So sad. We're glad you can join us

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on this sunny tuesday evening Yes it's been fantastic,

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but will it continue? Six months on from the floods, I am

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here on a beautiful summers evening. Will it last? Join me later for the

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forecast. She is keeping us guessing, we will have to w`it and

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see. Children and young people dhagnosed

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with cancer will now be abld to be treated in a specialist unit

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of their own. The Teenage Cancer Trust rahsed ?2.5

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million It's been designed

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by teenagers with cancer, and has a pool table, computer

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console and TV as well as f`cilities It will serve Bristol, Somerset

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Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, The West's cider makers are being

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urged to think global today after one Somerset producer signed

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a big deal with an Australi`n At a national cider conference

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in Bristol, the industry has heard calls

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for more firms to sell overseas Here's our business correspondent,

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Dave Harvey. A lesson in Somerset cider

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for an Australian brewer. Tom has signed a deal to sell

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Thatchers cider for the next ten Cider has taken off

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down under because Australi`n People are more discriminathng

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about what they drink, they are not going to the ptb and

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drinking gallons of beer or lager. They are now trying different beers,

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ale, Stout and dark ales. Britain or Somerset still h`s

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the heritage. That is the home of cider

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from our point of view. And this thoroughly traditional

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industry is thriving. Last week, Thatchers threw ` party,

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Prince Edward and the Countdss of They now make 60 million pints

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of cider a year here. The Australian deal has turned

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even experienced heads. It is rare to sign something up that

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has anything more than transaction To sign a contract with ten years

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life with a great Australian brand Today,

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as cider makers gather in Bristol, for what they are calling the cider

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summit, it is packed at the bar about not talking about just selling

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to Britain but the whole world. North America, Australia, Asia,

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Eastern Europe, You will find many distributors

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in all countries are looking for new innovative British products

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to sell as part Australia is as far away

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as you can go from Somerset so Maybe we will look at China

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in the future. Sport, and the draw

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for the first round of football s Cheltenham will be away to last

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season's Championship playoff Swindon go to newly promoted League

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2 side Luton, while Bristol City London, Paris, New York and today

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Bath became the latest placd to A hundred bikes are available from

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nine different rental stations. It's partly funded by the council

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which is confident it'll fare better Welcome to the official launch of

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Next Bike. This morning Bath cut the rhbbon

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on its version of Boris bikds. a fleet of 100, at nine different

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docking stations around the city ` Next Bike, 80 cities, we have not

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had a failed scheme and that's we only go for projects where

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commercially the numbers st`ck up so non`reliant on public

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funding. But while it gets going it'll

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be part funded by the counchl. Bath and North East Somerset also

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supported a previous scheme ` The reason for the last

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failure was it was impossible to work out how to hire a bike for a

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session. Secondly, we will be more flexible on where you can cxcle and

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thirdly we have far more pohnts around the city where you c`n hire

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it from. So no difficulty getting dozens to

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take the Bath bikes They're aimed at locals `

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and visitors ` who may have similar The last couple of years

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bike sharing has seen tremendous growth all over the world. Systems

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are mushrooming in cities in exotic But time and the British we`ther

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will tell whether the bikes become Now we all get

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a bit apprehensive when we have to Well, pupils from the Hillcrest

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primary School in Bristol h`ve been Yes, they've been rehearsing for

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a big concert tonight sharing the stage with one of the the world s

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most famous junior choir, Mhraculum. The Hungarian choir travel

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and perform all around the world, and were even picked to sing

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in the film Evita. It is fun to do and you learn

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different harmonies in diffdrent ways. To sing. I think it whll be

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fun and I am nervous. Why? Because we will sing in front of lo`ds of

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grown`ups! It is like an awdsome chance to just sing! And it is the

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only chance we will ever get to do a concert in front of like a lot of

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people. Aren't they lovely? Well, they'll be taking to

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the stage about now`ish so we wish The weather is coming up

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in a second, but what This field of poppies in Fahland

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in North Somerset has been planted as a tribute to soldiers who fell

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during World War One. It's turned into a mini tourist

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attraction, with many photographers I drove past it today and it is

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stunning. We tried to find the farmer but we could not find him.

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Perhaps he will let us know. Let's move on to the weather. Gemla is on

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the Somerset levels. Can I give the location away? Well, I gave it away

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earlier. We have come to Boroughbridge. Six months on from

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the floods, it looks great different. Vicky suggested we come

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here. She says the views from up there are fantastic. She loves

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Glastonbury Tor and we have come here and what a beautiful stmmer

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evening. Will it stay that way? Let's take a look at the forecast.

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The headline tomorrow is cloudy a frontal system is coming down

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bringing cloud and showers. It will brighten up as the day progresses.

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We did very well, lots of breaks of cloud and blue skies. Hazy cloud

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this morning but that burnt off well. Temperatures responded well or

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though we did have a north`dasterly breeze. We peeked officiallx at 20

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when Celsius but in shelterdd areas we got beyond that. Sunburn is a

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risk. With high pressure sthll dominating the forecast, it is

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settled, a frontal system coming down tonight bringing showers and

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cloud. Some cloud lingering tomorrow and some showers. Nothing to get too

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worked up about. The ceiling and tonight, lovely holes in thd cloud,

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beautiful sunset and whether cloud thickens, we get a good deal of

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insulation. Overnight temperatures, 14 or 15. As the frontal system

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advances, we see showers beginning to push down and that sets the tone

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for tomorrow, a cloudy start in places and showers pepping tp, it

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will not amount to much but isolated and few and far between. A damper

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picture than today. Blue skhes and sunshine tomorrow in between the

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showers and with the breeze lessening off we have temperatures

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of 22 and 23. Watch out for the sun burn. The heat of the day, the hot

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air rising main mix with showers and you may hear thunder. Relathvely

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isolated showers, tomorrow night, the showers die away, cloud breaks

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and a mild night and a settled story through Thursday and Friday. The

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summer solstice on Saturday morning. The perfect week to send her out and

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about. We are back with an tpdate at 10pm. It has been lovely to have you

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on board with us this evening. We are back at the same time tomorrow

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