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27/08/2014

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Jon Kay, BBC News, Bristol. That's all

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The badger cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire could re`st`rt

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within the next few weeks. The ministry has annouced the phlot

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scheme will continue even though it failed to reach its targets last

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year. But this time fewer b`dgers will be killed,

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With the pilot cull about to start again, it's

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Faced with criticism from an independent report

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into last year's cull ` that the operation wasn't effective

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or humane enough ` the comp`ny running the cull in Gloucestershire

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The report was critical and we accept that.

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It did, however, say that ctlling badgers by free shooting

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free`roaming badgers could be done safely, even in the presencd of

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protestors. There were other issues raised and we have addressed them

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through extra training with the shooting teams.

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Also getting ready for the start of the pilot cull are the camp`igners.

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The Wounded Badger Patrol in Gloucestershire claims to now

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have 1000 members ready to patrol the cull zone ` and that thhs year,

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We've learnt a lot now. We have more equipment this year so we whll be

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able to see when the Badger does scurry off because when the shot

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badly, they will want to go back to their sett. But this time round

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will be able to see them and cage them and get them medical treatment.

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TB is showing no signs of going away.

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Over the border, in Wiltshire, it has hit a record high.

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The latest figures show over 220 herds are affected.

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Peter Bennett is under restrictions again and can't sell his cows for

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at least 120 days following a TB outbreak.

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I'd like to see an all`out `ttack on TB from all sides.

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From people against culling badgers, from the Government and

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from the veterinary professhon, as cancer is being treated

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Meanwhile, planning is underway on all sides ahead of the pilot culls

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starting again. Gloucestershire Constabulary said today thex are

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putting public safety at thd heart of their operation this year, as

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contractors employed to shoot badgers prepare to work the same

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land as campaigners who don't want a single shot fired.

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Firefighters have begun a more aggressive approach to the Wiltshire

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rubbish fire which has been burning for five weeks. Wiltshire Fhre and

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Rescue have been moving the debris and today intensified their work by

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dousing the flames underneath with thousands of gallons of watdr. The

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emergency services have now taken control of the site from thd owners.

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We've had to remove over 1000 tonnes of waste that wasn't involvdd in the

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fire to actually get to the area affected. Also, we've had to put

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plans in place to protect the environment and ensure none of the

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water runs off into the rivdr, which runs just alongside the sitd.

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Arsonists responsible for a major fire in Portishead exactly ` year

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ago, have still not been tr`ced The police firearms training centre at

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Black Rock Quarry was burning for almost two weeks. The buildhng was

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still under construction at the time. An anarchist group cl`imed

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responsibility for the fire but police say

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Thousands of people are dem`nding that their names are removed from a

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register held by councils. The local authorities hold the names of all

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voters but the information can be sold on to commercial interdsts

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It's landed on every doormat in the country.

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6 million of us will have to re`register to vote.

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So far, only 1 million have bothered.

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And it's the letter itself which has left many baffled.

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Well, if that had gone out from my office,

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I think I would have been s`cked, basically!

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This Nailsea voter was told he was both on and off something c`lled

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It's a cutdown version of the electoral roll with names

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and addresses that can be sold on by councils.

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I guess the council are cash`strapped, so this is rdvenue

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because they will sell thesd names on. But for someone who is `lready

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on the Telephone Preference Service, who really doesn't want nuisance

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calls, surely this is going to add to that problem. They'll be getting

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letters and phone calls frol companies they might not want. And

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they'll know your name and `ddress and everything.

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Councils say they make very little, if anything, from the selling

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of the open register, which they have to do by law.

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Here in Bristol, it will cost a business ?5 for 1000 names `nd

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addresses. It is that idea of selling on your personal information

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that has prompted a raft of voters to get in touch with local

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What is interesting is we'vd had a very large response in relation

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We have had 6000 people over the last week who have contacted the

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council, primarily through our website, requesting not to be on the

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Opting out of the open register may spare you from the perils

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of yet more junk mail, but it will not cost you yotr vote.

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Those most at risk are studdnts or people who move often.

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But all current voters will be protected until

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Bristol City have confirmed that their captain Sam Baldock h`s joined

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Brighton Hove Albion on a four year contract. He joined City two

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years ago and last season scored twenty six goals winning pl`yer of

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the year. The club says it rejected six offers from the Championship

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An idea which started in Brhstol has gone global. The creators of the

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Park Street slide have sold their concept to cities around thd world

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including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and...

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Wigan. For around ?600, buydrs get an 80`page guide to setting up their

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very own slide, including all the necessary risk assessments.

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And that's the news from across the West tonight.

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We'll see you again tomorrow. Time for me to say goodnight.

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I will leave you with Ian, who has the weather.

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. Thursday will see right conditions. We will have an area of

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showery rain edging its way from West to East. Rain will continue

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tonight before drifting north. A breezy night. But mild. That sets us

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up for the rush hour tomorrow being dry and sunny. The cloud will

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increase by lunch time. It will take until late afternoon to cle`r away

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from eastern areas. It will be a breezy day. Temperatures as high as

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20 Celsius. A few showers around on Friday. An improving story through

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the weekend. It looks like low pressure will see

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us out for what is rest of August. It looks as if next week, summer

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will fight back. Low pressure is approaching the UK. Rainfall totals

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are not adding up to too much. There is some low cloud and hill fog

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around. Clearer skies reaching the South West later in the night.

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Temperatures for Northern England and Scotland going nowhere near as

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far down as

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