25/06/2014 BBC Points West


25/06/2014

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Good evening. Hillsborough Castle.

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The family of the late Tony Nicklinson from Wiltshhre say

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they're disappointed after failing to secure

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a change in the law on assisted suichde.

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The UK Supreme Court dismissed an appeal that a doctor shotld be

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allowed to help someone end their life without being prosecutdd.

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But the judges did say that Parliament

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They hoped this would be thd day the law changed.

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Jane Nicklinson and her daughter Lauren arrived to hear the highest

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court in the land pass judgdment on Tony Nicklinson's wish.

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He was unable to take his own life but said the f`ct that

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no one was allowed to help him was against his human rights.

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Nine judges spent six months deliberating.

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They decided by a 7`2 majorhty to refuse the appeal.

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By a majority of seven to two, we dismiss the appeal.

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Disappointed at the result, Tony's family said it was still progress.

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Dad would have been able to recognise what a huge deal this is.

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To come to the Supreme Court and be given

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Tony Nicklinson had a strokd in 2005 which left him

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Some days this life gets too much for me and I break down and cry

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If a doctor assisted his suhcide though, they'd face a murder charge.

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The dismissal of his first appeal two years ago

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by the High Court was devastating for Tony.

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He began refusing food and died shortly afterwards.

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His wife Jane continued the legal action,

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along with another disabled man, Paul Lamb.

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You should be able to do with it as you please.

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The fact that Tony and Paul are so disabled that they cannot do

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that, I just cannot underst`nd why people can't say that is not right.

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And the Supreme Court has s`id that Parliament must make the decision.

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Opponents of assisted suicide say the

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vulnerable could be pressurdd into taking their own lives prem`turely.

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Law exists in civilised societies to protect lives dqually.

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In a successful assisted suhcide, the key person we would want to

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The Nicklinsons could appeal to the European Court

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but say they want to study this judgement first.

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Parliament may yet give thel the change in the law they narrowly

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A group of travellers who h`d set up camp

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on a park and ride in Taunton have left.

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The site was closed after 30 travellers arrived yesterdax.

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But they left this evening `t around eight o'clock.

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Somerset County Council says the Gateway park and ride

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will be open again as normal tomorrow morning.

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There's concern tonight over the future

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of a piece of Banksy street art in Cheltenham.

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Scaffolding has gone up arotnd the "Spy Booth"

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which the artist recently confirmed he'd painted

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The borough council says it believes work is being done

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by the landlord to repair d`ngerous broken render on the house.

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But local artists are more sceptical.

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this they say that Cheltenh`m would miss the painting if it was removed.

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I would be gutted, personally. It was great for the town, for the

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people of the town. People came from all over the world to see it. We

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hope to get it to be preserved. We can have had permission to cover it

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The company involved says it was just asked to provide scaffolding.

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The BBC has, so far, been unable to contact the landlord.

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Thousands of festival`goers have descdnded

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on Glastonbury, after the g`tes opened to the public this morning.

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The music doesn't start in earnest until Friday.

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But, as Andrew Plant reports, many people are keen to get

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Long before the gates even opened, for hundreds, the festival had

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already started, with Tuesd`y night spent standing outside.

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With few choosing to travel light these days...

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Wheelbarrows, toboggans and wheelie bins all employdd.

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Although this is very much `n international festival, manx in the

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It brings a lot into the colmunity and we get to come and enjox it and

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They've changed the toilets this year, which is quite interesting.

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I thought they would get rid of the long drops!

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Actually, the long drops ard surprisingly popular still.

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Lots of people will have forgotten something but luckily everything is

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available here. It is a pop`up city the size of half, and soon 075, 00

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people will be here. We havd a live camera at the site now, looking at

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the scene later night. And there was a full Glastonbury weather forecast

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on our Facebook page. Let's catch up with the late`night weather, with

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Ian. The weather will changd dramatically as we get later on into

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the weekend. Lots more unsettled patterns developing. We shotld see

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some dry and bright weather before that starts to appear. Quitd a cool

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night, quite fresh, down to single figures in some parts of thd

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country. Tomorrow, starting on that note with some good, bright, sunny

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weather, then Cloud increashng into the afternoon, from the South. That

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ball because showery outbre`ks of ring. It funnel is way northwards.

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It will give some heavy bursts places. Temperatures up to `bout 21

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Celsius. Some heavy, thundery downpours on Friday.

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afternoon. It does turn more unsettled and there would be heavy

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and thundery downpours around. Good evening. A little bit later than

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usual. The weather over the next couple of days will change. Let me

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show you the satellite picture. You can see the cloud streaming across

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the Atlantic. This weather front Weller upset the weather

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