21/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.Good evening. time for the news where you are.

:00:15. > :00:16.Thousands of West Country teenagers have been celebrating

:00:17. > :00:27.Just over two thirds got the vital A star to C grades,

:00:28. > :00:43.It happens every year, but if this piece of paper is your

:00:44. > :00:59.A few terror `` nerves and a few smiles. I did better than I thought

:01:00. > :01:03.I would. I got an a in business studies, so I am happy with that. I

:01:04. > :01:09.am pretty happy. I am not quite certain on my career choice as of

:01:10. > :01:17.yet. Brain surgeon? Maybe, maybe not. Such fantastic results,

:01:18. > :01:22.especially pleased with English and math, because we put a lot of work

:01:23. > :01:28.into making sure it they achieved their potential in those areas of

:01:29. > :01:39.study. The pupils have worked hard and the parents have been

:01:40. > :01:43.phenomenal. For the first time this year, the official league table will

:01:44. > :01:49.all make include results that students like this get the first

:01:50. > :01:52.time they take an exam. That is because the former Education

:01:53. > :01:55.Secretary accused the schools of the subject of the official league

:01:56. > :02:02.tables by putting students in poor exams again and again. The head

:02:03. > :02:04.teacher here rejects that out of hand.

:02:05. > :02:06.24 students passed today on the second time round,

:02:07. > :02:11.and she doesn't care if that doesnt make the league tables.

:02:12. > :02:18.It is only about them, not about us, whether they have got the

:02:19. > :02:21.progression pathway, that is all that matters to me. What we look

:02:22. > :02:28.like in the league table that does not matter`is much as the children,

:02:29. > :02:36.each one of them. And the politics today at least is drowned in a sea

:02:37. > :02:39.of having an celebration. `` hugging and a celebration.

:02:40. > :02:48.How radical have the changes been to GCSE's this year?

:02:49. > :02:56.Note speaking in English listening tests. There have also been in and

:02:57. > :03:02.to the reset. If you take the exam and you get a low grade, the

:03:03. > :03:05.school's league table on the records that lower grade. Students can take

:03:06. > :03:11.resets as many times as they want for their own benefit but it does

:03:12. > :03:16.not benefit the school. Today, some 300,000 year ten students taking

:03:17. > :03:21.exams earlier. For the first time this year, not getting English and

:03:22. > :03:25.math is not an option. Absolutely. People who struggled academically

:03:26. > :03:29.went on to a more practical career, if you like. They have to carry on

:03:30. > :03:33.struggling `` studying English and math alongside what ever health

:03:34. > :03:38.happens `` else happens. On to other news, and it's emerged

:03:39. > :03:40.that a miniature train which derailed at Longleat Adventure

:03:41. > :03:43.Park yesterday had previously come One woman has a broken leg

:03:44. > :03:47.and four others were injured when the rear carriage of the Jungle

:03:48. > :03:50.Express tipped over yesterday. Photos of the scene

:03:51. > :03:53.at the safari park yesterday. Members of the public pitching

:03:54. > :03:55.forward to lift a fallen It had been carrying 155 people

:03:56. > :04:01.at the time. The maximum is just 14 more,

:04:02. > :04:06.meaning this popular ride was almost Yesterday wasn't the first time

:04:07. > :04:17.the Jungle Express has gone Peter Hook took his family to

:04:18. > :04:48.Longleat in September 2011, We were leaving the station. We had

:04:49. > :04:52.not even got to the lake, and the last three carriages were thrown off

:04:53. > :04:56.the tracks to the right`hand side. My son was in the seat opposite on

:04:57. > :05:00.his own and he was being thrown around. The side of the carriage

:05:01. > :05:02.came up and bruised the side of my leg, and it was absolute chaos until

:05:03. > :05:06.it came to a rest. In a statement today a spokesperson

:05:07. > :05:08.for Longleat said that after the 2001 derailment, "a thorough

:05:09. > :05:14.investigation was carried out. Operator error was

:05:15. > :05:15.quickly identified. Longleat subsequently installed

:05:16. > :05:17.a new system to prevent it They added that the new system was

:05:18. > :05:22.working yesterday, implying this latest derailment may

:05:23. > :05:24.have had a different cause. And they said a through

:05:25. > :05:26.investigation was now underway. The Jungle Express will be closed

:05:27. > :05:29.until that cause is identified. The rest of the park

:05:30. > :05:38.though is open as normal. Campaigners challenging

:05:39. > :05:40.the next badger cull in Gloucestershire and Somerset have

:05:41. > :05:43.taken their case to the High Court. The Badger Trust says

:05:44. > :05:45.the Government's failure to appoint an independent panel to oversee

:05:46. > :05:48.the next cull is unlawful. DEFRA's legal team said

:05:49. > :05:50.the government had not broken any promises, insisting the panel had

:05:51. > :05:52.only ever been intended The High Court will deliver

:05:53. > :06:02.a judgement on a later date. Cricket, and Gloucestershire lost

:06:03. > :06:05.their final group game in the Chasing Derbyshire's total of 271,

:06:06. > :06:10.they only managed to reach 218 Michael Klinger retired hurt

:06:11. > :06:14.and was unable to bat. Gloucestershire have already

:06:15. > :06:21.qualified for the knock out stages. We're back with you

:06:22. > :06:25.in breakfast tomorrow. But for now I'll leave you with Ian

:06:26. > :06:39.who has the latest weather forecast. We are starting to see some heavy

:06:40. > :06:46.showers, and this will be a feature through the course of the night. All

:06:47. > :06:52.of that full sail away during the early hours. Tomorrow, just a few

:06:53. > :06:59.showers, many areas will be dry, and a pleasant `` pretty pleasant day

:07:00. > :07:04.overall. The showers are running through Bristol in through parts of

:07:05. > :07:11.South Gloucestershire, and there could be an inch of rain for some

:07:12. > :07:15.three hours. The main shower band is easing its way southwards through

:07:16. > :07:23.the night. By tomorrow morning, a few showers left behind, but most

:07:24. > :07:27.hours will remain dry tomorrow. A moderately breezy day, nothing more

:07:28. > :07:33.than that, and we should get temperatures of up to about 18 or 19

:07:34. > :07:34.degrees. A pleasant day for Saturday, dry on Sunday before rain,

:07:35. > :07:39.into a nice, fine day on Sunday with lots of sunshine. Then more rain

:07:40. > :07:43.pushes in from the west for the Bank Holiday Monday.

:07:44. > :07:49.Good evening. There's a feel of autumn about the weather at the

:07:50. > :07:54.moment. It's thanks to the fact we are pulling our off off the British

:07:55. > :07:58.Isles from the north making for a cold feel by day and chilly nights.

:07:59. > :08:03.Still some showers to contend with across England and Wales. Some heavy

:08:04. > :08:05.through the small hours of Friday, particularly around the Bristol

:08:06. > :08:11.channel and into the south-east towards the end of the night.

:08:12. > :08:15.Further north, the breeze eases. The showers fade away and with clear

:08:16. > :08:17.skies, temperatures will fall down into single figures in northern

:08:18. > :08:18.England, Northern