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

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A brand new hospital ` with the same old problems.

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A paramedic blows the whistle on long delays

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for patients arriving at thd Casualty Department at Southmead.

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They need to do something r`dical, and quickly,

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to make sure that nobody gets put at risk and there isn't an unfortunate

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A resident at a care home is found dead ` a man has been arrested

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The disused cinema that will light up again

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after a planning wrangle th`t would make a great movie. And the West

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Country company that's drawn all the white lines for the World Cup.

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A brand new hospital which cost ?430 million is suffering

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from a lack of staff in the A department ` according to

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a paramedic who says ambulances are queuing up for patients to be seen.

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The new hospital at Southme`d in Bristol has world class

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facilities but the paramedic who's blown the whistle says therd's chaos

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It's over four weeks since staff and patients moved from the old Frenchay

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Hospital to the Emergency Ddpartment at the new Southmead Hospit`l.

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But during that time the department has had more than

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A paramedic with SouthWest @mbulance Service has spoken to Points West

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Her words are spoken by an actor to protect her identity.

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When we found out that Southmead was going to be 80 beds less,

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we knew right from day one we were going to be queueing.

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After 30 minutes of queueing, we hand over our patients to

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a nurse who is in charge of all the patients in the corridor.

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I've seen her have over eight patients to take care of,

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She often has to go off and they are left there on their own.

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I think it's only a matter of time before someone actu`lly dies

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The union that represents m`ny ambulance staff say that

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I have heard that there havd been some real problems at Southlead

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Hospital with paramedics behng held up, with patients in corridors who

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are chronically or acutely hll, who have had some traumatic incident

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So they need to be looking at contingency planning and risk

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Because if we do not take ilmediate action, there will be something that

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will happen that will be unfortunate but could have been avoided.

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The hospital trust admit thdy've had difficulties but say that p`tient

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I'm happy that we are providing a safe level of care.

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I'm not happy that some people have had delays in their care, which have

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I apologise to those people who have not had the best experience

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But I'm confident people ard getting the right care.

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It's taking longer than they would want.

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And all of our efforts are focused on improving that.

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But for one relative of a p`tient, her experience

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of the department left her wanting to avoid it altogether .

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You should be seen fairly qtickly to be triaged, to assess how b`d

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You're dealing with patients and patients must always take priority.

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Everything must be ready and running smoothly

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The South West Ambulance Service say they are working with the hospital

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to minimise handover delays and are already seeing improvements.

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That can't happen soon enough for the paramedics and patidnts

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Well, I'm joined now by our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill.

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Matthew, what's really at the heart of the problem at Southmead?

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This is because of a new ch`nge in policy in this region. Becatse

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ambulances were being tied tp outside accident and emergency

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departments, they said that they need to discharge patients dven if

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there are no beds. So they need to run around to look for nursds to

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keep a close eye and monitor patients in corridors and m`ke sure

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they are safe. As you say, very few new hospital is being built. I am

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told they do have extra beds but they do not feel the situathon has

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been serious enough to warr`nt opening those extra beds. So this is

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not unique to Southmead. Is it fixable?

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This does happen at other hospitals and has been happening a lot over

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the past months. It could bd fixed. But it is a mammoth task to move all

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the staff and things will bd slow to start. People I spoke to sahd they

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were expecting this to happdn in the first three months. If it c`rries on

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beyond that, questions will be asked. Thank you.

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a death

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An elderly woman was found dead at the home in Yate yesterd`y.

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Our reporter Andrew Plant h`s been following the story.

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Oak tree house care home. The focus for forensics teams gathering

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evidence inside. Police werd called here yesterday afternoon after an

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elderly resident died suddenly in suspicious circumstances. A few

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hours later, a 33`year`old lan was arrested on suspicion of murder

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That man, say police, is not a member of the care home staff. This

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place is owned by one of thd largest care home providers in the TK, the

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own 450 care homes, and are the four seasons health care group. They said

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they will support this lady's family as much as we can in this ddeply

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distressing time. It would be inappropriate to comment further. We

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heard from the police this lorning. They said this was a tragic but

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isolated incident and said they are not looking for anyone else in

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relation to this woman's de`th. Today, residents and staff stayed

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inside. The 87`year`old wom`n has not been named and it is not known

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the relationship, if any, she had with the man arrested. He is still

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in custody. A coroner has called

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for fog detection systems and for firework display organisers to

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get more training to identify when Michael Rose has published

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a report following the inqudst into the deaths of seven people

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on the M5 near Taunton in 2011. Sabet Choudhury is here

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with more detail. The crash involved 34 vehicles

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making it one of the worst `ccidents on UK Roads for 20 years. Sdven

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people lost their lives And it left 51 others injured. The causd was put

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down to reduced visibility. There was undoubtedly fog in the `rea that

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night` but questions were also raised about smoke from a ndarby

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firework display and if it played a part in causing the collision. The

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man who organised that display at Taunton Rugby Ground ` Geoffrey

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Counsell was cleared of failing to ensure public safety. Althotgh an

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inquest into the seven deaths this year found that smoke did in fact

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add to the poor visibility. Now the West Somerset coroner Michadl Rose

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has published a report for the Department of Transport, thd Health

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and Safety Executive and thd Department for Business, Innovation

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and Skills. In it he calls for better training for fireworks

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operators ` saying thorough risk assessments need to be prep`red

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before displays; and a conshderation of whether firework operators should

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be licensed. Although he didn't call for a minimum distance to bd

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introduced between firework displays and main roads ` something families

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of those who died in the cr`sh had been calling for. Michael Rose also

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says that only automatic fog detection devices linked to warning

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signs on the motorway could possibly Well, one of those campaignhng

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for those handling fireworks to be licensed following the M5 crash is

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Tonia White from Taunton who lost And she joins us now

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from our Taunton studio. You have been through a terrible

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time. Does anything that thd coroner said today help you?

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There are a lot of positive points that the coroner has made and things

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he brought up and it does hdlp us. We are tirelessly campaigning for

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tighter restrictions dealing with fireworks, fog detectors on the

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Monterey... Has he gone far enough? Not really. I think there are a lot

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of things that can be done `nd should be done to prevent this

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happening again. They need to have certain measures in place. What

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would you say is the most ilportant proposals or measures? Well... They

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all work together. I do not think there is one specific important

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thing. But licensing for firework operators is a key thing. Also, the

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one thing he did not do is the distance from the roads. I,

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personally, field batteries quite important. Because we get dhstracted

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too easily as it is. That is quite a key thing for us. Do you thhnk that

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perhaps the circumstances surrounding this awful tragddy were

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so rare that there is anythhng that can realistically be done to stop

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the repeat? That is the whole point, isn't it? To prevent a repe`t. We

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have accepted we have lost our loved ones. There is nothing we c`n do to

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bring them back. But we can prevent other people going through this

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That is quite important. Th`nk you very much indeed for coming on the

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programme. Will the sunshind continue this weekend? I have been

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sent to Wiltshire this evenhng to do the weather forecast from a white

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horse. Join me later. A young man

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from Syria has been telling his amazing story about how he fled

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the country after leading student He left Syria last year,

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being smuggled in the back of lorries and taxis across thd border

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with his 15 year old brother. He's speaking at an event in Swindon

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tonight as part of National Refugee Week, saying he

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wants the world to know abott the This is no ordinary Swindon

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resident. At the age of 23,

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Mohamed Abdo has led resist`nce to Hidden in a mountain cave

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for days in an unknown country. And helped save the lives

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of hundreds of his fellow asylum seekers when their overloaddd boat

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got lost in the Mediterrane`n. And he didn't even want to

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leave Syria in the first pl`ce. My life was in danger. That is why I

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left Syria. My political activities pushed me to go outside. How

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dangerous was to leave? Verx dangerous for stop their wax I came

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to the UK was dangerous. In footage shown exclusivelx to

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Points West, this is Mohamed filming demonstrations against

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President Assad in Aleppo in 20 2. This re`enactment shows

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a doctor being killed by soldiers. Two thousand miles away in Swindon,

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Mohamed finds shelter at the Harbour,

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a charity which supports refugees. Asylum seekers only get fivd pounds

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a day from the government until they Here they can access legal `dvice,

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English classes, friendship. There can be six men in one house.

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All sharing rooms. You have come from a new country and you do not

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know anybody. Weirdly you go? In Swindon, there are

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around a hundred asylum seekers Hundreds of people have

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lunch here every week. But Bristol Refugee Rights worries

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it's on the brink of closurd. In September,

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unless it finds urgent fundhng, it'll have to cut the number of days

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it can open from 3 days to just 1. Lots of charities are finding it

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difficult to get funding. Wd are facing a situation where we don t

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have all the money we need. Refugees say

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when they come to this country, Places like this give them

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a voice and a future. We're on later than usual tonight

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because of a football match coming up.

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It's been empty for more th`n a decade ` but now one of Bristol's

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best known buildings is going to be refurbished and re`opened.

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The Whiteladies Picture House in Clifton will once again be showing

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films ` after a new developlent plan was given the green light.

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Those who know it well struggle to remember when the Whiteladids

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This was 1997, when it was owned by the Odeon group. It was the height

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of the dreary sophistication back in its day. Its day was 1921. The first

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films were silent. Since 2001 it has been quiet. The picture house closed

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80 years to the day after it opened. For 13 years the building h`s been

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and used. But not unlock. There has been a campaign to try to rdstore it

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to its original state. Last night, the City Council voted unanhmously

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to turn it into a cinema but in the three screens. We're slightly

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disappointed our plan will not be developed. But we're glad this will

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be a cinema site. We have h`d many people sign our petition, w`nting a

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performing arts space. It would be lovely to see a single auditorium.

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The project is being funded by the Everyman group. This is how it looks

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now. The group says it has set aside ?3 million for this developlent

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They hope to show films agahn next year. I used to go to the ABC aged

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eight. The former manager

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of Gloucestershire non`leagte side Forest Green Rovers has landed one

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of the biggest jobs outside Dave Hockaday has been annotnced as

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the new head coach at Leeds United. He left Forest Green

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by mutual consent in October after losing seven

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of his last eight games in charge. Hockaday also played for

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Swindon Town during the 1980s. Winter Olympian John Jackson is best

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known for his exploits Back in February, John,

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from Trowbridge, helped stedr Team GB to within tenths of a second

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of a medal at the Sochi Gamds. But

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for 17 years he's also been serving in the Royal Marines and recently

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helped run a triathlon event Thanks to a partnership between Help

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for Heroes and ParalympicsGB, he's hoping some of those injured

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during active service can go We're running a rehabilitathon trial

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for the Royal Marines. It involves swimming, biking and rowing.

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Anything from a twisted ankle to people who have lost limbs will

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participate and for them to get the feel`good factor is great. H was

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blown up by a device and all the fragments smashed me from hdad to

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toe. That is how it all beg`n. I have been through a lot of rehab.

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Both legs were punctured and I had shrapnel on my face. Loss of

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hearing. I flat lined. They sent me back to pass away with my f`mily. I

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am still here today! The psychological aspect of knowing what

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it used to be like to be a Royal Marine with that determinathon. It

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has pushed me to take it to the next level. I am capable of more than

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what I once upon a time thotght I would be capable of. If we can get

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help setting this up, then that is better. There is a lot of scope for

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that. Shooting is my sport. But I have done a lot of swimming. I

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enjoyed triathlon. I'd like to do another.

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I stand here as a 17 year Royal Marine and I take my hat off to

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these guys. They are achievhng more than I could achieve. All these lads

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doing amazing stuff and to be part of it makes you realise how lucky

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you are. My story could havd ended so differently. It is amazing! We

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have some football for you now. We have come outside because there is

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an important game on tonight. We want to give you a challengd. When

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you are thinking about the World Cup, think about the pitch `nd

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imagine which part is from the West Country. This is from the m`tch on

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BBC1 earlier. It is not the players we looking at, but what is on the

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ground... It is the right lhnes and they come from a company from here

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in the West Country. Thank xou for joining us. You're not in Brazil!

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No. We have two stay at homd to do the work. Why is your product not in

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Brazil? Yes. They have sprax marking machines in Brazil but prior to us

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going be used to use paintbrushes and a bucket which took four hours.

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Now they can do it in 20 minutes. But why was your technology chosen?

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Two years ago we decided we needed to increase our profile and wanted

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to do the World Cup, so we went to Brazil and did some market visits

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and appointed a distribute `nd supplied the Confederations Cup last

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year, so that was a starting point. We'd like some more white lhnes on

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the BBC lawn. Can you start up your machine? Let's get an idea of how

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this works... It is important the lines are exact. They must be. Yes.

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And they must be much straighter than that! And also, you have to

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look at the grass and work `round that and make your technology

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relevant to that. Yes. We dhd not realise that in Brazil the grass

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grows laterally to protect the soil from heat. We had to make

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adjustments to the machine. It looks very impressive. Well done. What

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does this mean for your company You're providing the lines for the

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World Cup. It is a huge deal. We had to fend off many competitors. My

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background is in groundsman and that kind of work. We manufacturd the

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machines and the paint is manufactured for us in various

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places in the UK and other countries. Whatever happens to

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England's tonight, and you `re a winner! Yes! And you will bd

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watching those lines. Thank you very much. That is all we have thme for.

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Alex, I am afraid I have to produce my red card. We have gone over.

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Gemma does not like to be kdpt waiting for the weather.

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We're continuing our weather tour of The West. Tonight, Sally Walters

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suggested we come to watch to see one of the wonderful white horses.

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It is lit up wonderfully in the evening summer sunshine. It is the

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second oldest Whitehorse in Wiltshire. There are eight card into

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the countryside. The oldest is at Westbury, not far from here. The

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significance of the horses, no one really knows, but the track

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thousands of people to the county every day. And it is a beautiful

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night to see them glowing in the evening sunshine. We will h`ve more

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evenings like this at the wdekend. The pressure is anchored to the

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north`west of the UK. The wdather will remain static. The chance of

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showers is next to zero. Thdre will be a bit of a breeze but th`t will

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cool things off for those who do not like it too hot. Plenty of warm

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sunshine to come. Maybe not as hot as today, but decent. We had clear

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skies this morning. The clotd thickened into the afternoon but for

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much of the West Country, blue skies and temperatures hitting 24 Celsius

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in Yeovilton. Just what we want this time of year. The rain amounts of

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cloud around tonight. Overnhght lows of 10 degrees. As we head into

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tomorrow, the best of the stnshine will be the first half of the day.

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Cloud beginning to thicken `s we go into the afternoon. Temperature is

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just a tiny bit cooler tomorrow But it still is a very settled `nd sunny

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picture. Tomorrow evening, `s we head towards the summer solstice,

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some cloud around. But decent clear spells so every chance of sdeing

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that some rise. `` the sunrhse. After that, it remains settled.

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That is a treat. It looks bdautiful they are! You look like you're in a

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chocolate advert! We are back at 7:30pm tomorrow. Good luck,

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England!

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