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A reminder of the main story, Rolf Harris is beginning a

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Welcome to BBC Points West with Liz Beacon and David Garmston.

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The teacher jailed for grooming teenage girls.

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He used Facebook to make contact with them in defiance

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The sentence handed down today by the judge reflects the sdrious

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nature of these crimes and hmpact they have had on the victims.

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Home and dry ` the families washed out by the floods celebrate

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A mine of information ` how a disused bunker could be used

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And get ready to go to a party ` a weekend of celebration ahdad

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A Wiltshire teacher found gtilty of grooming teenage pupils

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on Facebook has been jailed for two and a half years.

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Alexander Thomas approached the sixth formers on

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the social networking site, before asking them to send him photographs

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This report by our home aff`irs correspondent, Steve Brodie.

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30`year`old Alexander Thomas arrived at court having been

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At his trial, the jury had heard how he targeted the girls aged 06

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He began by sending one 17`year`old ` message

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But then the messages quickly became sexually explicit.

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One girl was persuaded by the PE and Business Studies teacher to send

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him photographs of herself posing in her underwear.

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A second teenager sent him a topless image.

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With two of his victims sitting only yards away in the public gallery,

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the court listening as personal statements were read out.

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One girl looks at her time `t the school with disgust. Another said

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that she had panic attacks `nd depression. Another said thd

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experience left her feeling sick. Today, one teaching union s`id it

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has strict guidelines for the use We advise extreme caution when using

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Facebook or any social medi`. We suggest that our members do not

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friends any pupils or ex`pupils We suggest they are very careftl making

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comments in any circumstancds. The jury had found Thomas gtilty

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of five counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity

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while in a position of trust and he had admitted a charge of possessing

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an indecent photograph of a child. I would like to personally thank the

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victims who have showing cotrage by coming to court to give evidence.

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This case highlights the police s dedication to pursuing thesd cases.

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The sentence given by the jtdge today reflects the serious nature of

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the crimes and the impact they have had on the victims.

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Jailing Thomas for two and ` half years, the judge told him it had

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You were motivated by your desire for sexual gratification

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These girls have all been affected in some way.

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Steve Brodie, BBC Points West, Swindon Crown Court.

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As we have been hearing, thd disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris

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has today been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for inddcent

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Tonight, Karen Gardner, a journalist on BBC Wiltshire, has spoken out

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about how she was also assatlted by Harris as a 16`year`old.

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Like one of the teenage victims in the court case, it took place

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in Cambridge during the filling of a TV show called Star Games in 19 7.

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During the trial Harris said he had never

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been to Cambridge in the 1970s, but Karen knew he had been therd and

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Imogen Sellers has been to leet Karen and got her reaction

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I was 16 and a half and I h`d just finished my O`Levels.

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They asked, through the school, if anyone was interested in helping

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I went along and I was allocated to look after one of the celebrities.

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I would have loved to look `fter one of the BBC1 DJs or one of the

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But I thought, actually Rolf is great.

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He was lovely for the morning and great fun.

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Clearly an attention seeker, but celebrities

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But after lunch, as I recall, he started to make a bit

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We had to get in a taxi and he put his hand on my ldg

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I think it was the first tile I ever swore at an adult and I was very

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How did you feel when you realised how cruci`l your

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It was only at the point when he gave evidence that he had

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not been at the celebrity It's A Knockout thing in Calbridge

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He had been there and that was where I had met him.

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That is why I contacted Operation Yewtree.

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They responded very quickly and I have to say I cannot fault the way

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Within hours of having my information, they found the video

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What were your feelings when he was found guilty?

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I did not think he was going to be found guilty.

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I don't think you can be pldased because it was such

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There will be more on the sdntencing of Rolf Harris this afternoon..

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I hope it helps the women that he really dalaged.

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It is difficult to understand how you can ever feel better about it.

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Is there a sense of relief now for you?

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I will need a few days to think about this.

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I feel like a bit of a fraud because I wasn't that badly damaged,

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but perhaps I was more damaged than I thought.

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Some of the victims of the winter flooding in Somerset

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have finally been able to go home today ` more than six months

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after they were forced out of their homes as the waters rose.

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Meanwhile, the dredging of local rivers to help

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prevent more flooding hit a setback today ` after thieves emptidd their

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Back inside their home for the first time since the winter floods force

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them to flee. `` forced. Jane and her daughter had been in telporary

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accommodation for more than six months. They are now finallx able to

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move back home. It is amazing. It is like a new home. This was their home

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in February this year, under a three foot of flood water. Most of their

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furniture and many of their possessions were destroyed. Jane was

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an insured. She had to clail in 2012 when her home was flooded and had

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been unable to find anyone to provide cover since. Facing repairs

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of ?25,000, each amenities pectin and fixed her home for thred. `` the

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community stepped in and fixed her home for no charge. This is part of

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the project to prevent more flooding. They are dredging parts of

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the river. But for the second time this morning, they have had to stop

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because people have stolen fuel from the machines. The environmental

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agency is now talking about putting CCTV on these machines and hiring

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security. This is one of thd oldest houses in the area. Now, th`nk you

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to strangers, they can live there again.

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Personal information about xou and me could be stored

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in a giant cold war bunker deep beneath the Wiltshire countryside.

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The data would be kept on computers maintained by the Government.

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The scheme is being named after the wartime code breaking

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We are about 110 feet below the ground. Jeff owns this mine in

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Wiltshire. Every store and was removed by hand and then it was

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taken over by the Ministry of Defence. This is the emergency exit

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or the back door. Now it cotld be put to a modern use. This space is

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good for creating Europe's largest data storage. Data can be stored

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here and then looked at. We are currently generating more d`ta than

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ever before in human existence. We can analyse things to get a benefit

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for everyone. The government has committed millions of pounds to this

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project. It will be named after Alan Turing. This is a continuathon of

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what Alan Turing was doing. The work that he did during and after the

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war. Bristol is hoping to train the codebreakers of tomorrow at events

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like this. The future of thd United Kingdom will depend on having a

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skilled workforce. People who are comfortable with the technology

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Whatever subject area you are in, you are going to need to usd data.

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And you can see more about the gathering of big data

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on our Sunday Politics West programme, on BBC One at 11PM.

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The family of a young woman who died last weekend,

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when the car she was travelling in left the road, say that no words can

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Ellie Clare, who was 19, and George Stott, who was also travellhng in

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the car, both died at the scene of the accident in Farrington Gurney.

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Her family say they've been overwhelmed with messages

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An aircraft which was due to make its international debut at

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RAF Fairford's air tattoo ndxt Friday, has been grounded

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The US Department of Defence said it would make

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a final decision next week `bout whether the F`35, which is ` stealth

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They say the cause of the fire is under investhgation.

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Yesterday, we told you about a recruitlent

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Many GPs say they are so overworked that they are being

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But now doctors in Somerset say they may have come up with a solttion to

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They have voted to break aw`y from an NHS directive

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on how to treat patients in a bid to reduce workloads.

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But some are concerned that patient care may suffer in this one`year

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For the last 10 years, GPs in Somerset,

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like Michael Gorman, have followed national guidelines on which tests

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to offer patients and how often check`ups should be carried out

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So, for example, if it is recommended that a patient's blood

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pressure is checked every month the GP has to do so ` even if there is

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But doctors in Somerset say that this involves

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too much paperwork and often they are giving care that is not needed.

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Patients often have more th`n one condition, like Mr Baker `

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who may have diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and asthma

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We want to concentrate on the patient, rather than

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the disease, and make sure that their care is actually planned

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for their specific need rather than just hitting targets that apply to

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And local NHS managers are keen to stress that this change will

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This surgery, like others in Somerset, has been

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It is hoped that cutting bureaucracy may make doctors, once again,

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feel that surgeries are an attractive place to work.

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But, the British Medical Association wants to make sure patient care is

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The concern I have about that is that this card is

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a nationally agreed standard all across the UK, not just in Dngland.

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We must ensure that Somerset patients get exactly the sale high

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quality care from their GPs as they would do, for example,

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After a year, this pilot will be reviewed to

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assess if GP workloads have improved and patient care maintained.

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Taunton's wheelchair tennis player Lucy Shuker's hopes

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of reaching a fourth Wimbledon were dashed this afternoon.

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Lucy, and her German partner Sabine Ellerbrook, were beaten in the

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semi`final of the doubles bx the reigning champions from Holland

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They lost in straight sets, 6`1 6`0.

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Yeah, Aniek and Jiske are a very strong doubles pairing.

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You can sometimes get some cheap points from them on their sdrves,

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The wind conditions ` althotgh, obviously they are the same

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So it is really disappointing and frustrating

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because that is not the kind of tennis that Sabine and I play.

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The memoir of a Somerset hotsewife who became a wartime spitfire pilot

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is being re`published, more than 50 years after it was first wrhtten.

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Jackie Moggridge, who lived in Taunton, took her first

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She received a King's Commendation for her services during the

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Second World War and later, in the commercial world, shd became

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I have got suitcases full of it because actually she was

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Candy Moggridge did not havd to think twice when she got

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the call from publishers kedn to get her mother's story back in print.

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50 years on, the tales of Jackie Moggridge still

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Jackie was part of the Air Transport Auxiliary.

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Their job was to ferry aircraft from factory to frontline.

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Dangerous though that was, for the few women involved battling

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These are her planes from all over the world.

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Jackie flew more hours, in more planes, than anyone else.

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She ticked them off in a book, often with pithy comments.

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A nice aircraft ` except from bits that fell off occasion`lly

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Points West spoke to her in 199 and her love

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She met her husband in the war and found that flying was a gre`t way to

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keep romance alive ` dropping love notes, wrapped in chocolate bars.

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whoever finds this, eat the chocolate, but please ddliver

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By the end of the war, Jackie received the

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Afterwards, she continued flying for colmercial

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She was told not to speak over her intercom.

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Her first officer had to spdak for her, because passengers might

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Fittingly, her ashes were scattered across an airfield from a Spitfire

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People in St Pauls in Bristol are getting ready for a big party.

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It is the carnival this weekend and almost everybody is involved

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The carnival has been going now for nearly 50 years `

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making it the longest running festival of its kind in the country

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We have been taking a look behind the scenes at how evdryone's

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We have to be something that lives underwater and a mermaid is a person

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My mum is going to do some face painting

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After you have fried it, you put it into a container, and you

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get the onion, green pepper, and red pepper, and make it look prdtty

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It means a lot because sometimes you meet people who you havd not

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Children that have grown up and gone away, then they cole back

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We are asking people who cole, who visit and enjoy 12 hours

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of free music and entertainlent please pledge one drink

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If the majority of people dhd this, or even 10% of people, then we

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would be on our way to securing the event, and becoming self`sufficient,

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I think we are a multicultural city that is tolerant of each other.

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We celebrate all the things that bring us together.

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I think Bristol is a very unique place for that.

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It shows because of the varhety and the consistency of music th`t has

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come out of the city over the last 25 years ` and is still comhng out!

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Something is definitely working here.

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I moved into St Paul's and I really enjoy it.

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If they give me ?1 million H would not move away from here.

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It is such a friendly community and we all help each other.

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And while we are talking about the carnival, there is a poem about it

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We commissioned the poet Miles Chambers to write it

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a few years ago, and it conjures up some wonderful images.

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From when it all began, through the riots, to today.

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I have cancelled a camping trip this weekend. I think that might have

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been a wise decision. There will be some rain around. Most of that will

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take place on Saturday. It will fade away and improved throughout the

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afternoon. Places will then stay dry. On Sunday, it will be ` dry

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start and then showers in the afternoon. This rain has bedn

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intermittent. But as they go into the night, we are expecting more

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widespread rain. That will be during the early hours on Saturday. I would

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not be surprised if by tomorrow evening it was dry everywhere. For

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just now, there is quite a lot of rain. You will see some heavy rain

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overnight in some areas. By daybreak it will be better. Tomorrow, it

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depends on the front how quhckly the weather well improved. Therd may be

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a few showers. But they will tend to die away throughout the day. It will

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stay dry for most people who the evening and overnight. Tempdratures,

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19`20 Celsius. On Sunday, it will be dry and bright in the morning. The

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chance of rain will increasd through the afternoon. It has not bden a bad

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week weather`wise. That is `ll from us. We will be back at 10pm. Have a

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good weekend. Goodbye.

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