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spells and it will get warmer - sunny spells. A story with a happy

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ending. Welcome to BBC Points West with

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Alex Lovell and David Garmston. The young woman who died whhle

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apparently trying to save a dog Yasmin Jones from Somerset was hit

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by a train on a level crosshng. And today it's emerged that there

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were already concerns The heightened terror alert just

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days before President Obama and other world leaders fly

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into the west for a NATO sulmit An Indian summer for the former City

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and Yeovil player Jamie McAllister ` off to play in the sun

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for four months. And no monkeys allowed ` thd RSPCA

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calls for a ban on pet prim`tes A mother and father from Gl`stonbury

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have told Points West of their devestation after their 22

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year old daughter died after being Yasmin Jones had been trying to

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retrieve a dog she was walkhng after it slipped under a gate and

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got onto the railtracks by listake. Yasmin Jones grew up in Glastobury `

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but had moved to Merseyside On Wednesday afternoon she was out

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walking her landlady's two dogs when one slipped under a gate

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at this level crossing near Formby. She and the dog died

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after being struck by a trahn. Our family is totally devastated

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by the loss of Yasmin, our beautiful and talented

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daughter, sister and grandd`ughter. No words can describe the p`in

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and loss we feel We are comforted by the knowledge

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that her energy and lust for life She was a pupil at the school. She

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moved on to this university. In Glastonbury today we met

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friends of Yasmin in tears. She was very bright. She always had

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a smile on her face. The crossing where Yasmin dhed is

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on a busy rail line to Liverpool. Network Rail says it was dud to be

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closed ` and replaced with a footbridge as part

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of national safety improvemdnts Locals say it's dangerous bdcause

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trains appear from behind a bend. An inquest into the death of

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Yasmin Jones is due to open Now as you'll have seen in the

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national news, the UK is on a higher security level tonight. It's not in

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response to any specific threat but is due to current events in Syria

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and Iraq. The West is already about to be under tighter securitx

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measures ahead of next week's gathering of world leaders `t the

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NATO summit. That's happening in Wales ` but there are implications

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for us here too. Despite the NATO summit happening in

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Wales there are a raft of plans being put in place in the Wdst to

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protect the delegates who whll be staying and travelling here. We

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understand that hotels in places like Bath, Bristol and here in

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Gloucestershire will be hosting delegates and that many will be

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arriving into Bristol Airport with more high profile politicians

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potentially coming into milhtary air bases. It means not only more

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security issues for police forces locally, but also that the West

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Country will also be sending officers to Wales to help whth the

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security effort. The increase in the PIV to respond to any crisis that

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might happen. `` they are there to respond. And they are fair to ensure

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that every day lives continte as far as possible. The increase in the

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terrorism threat level. the West during the summit, and

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intelligence staff in that famous doughnut building behind me, GCHQ in

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Cheltenham, would have playdd a key role in the change of threat level.

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It's set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre in London btt in

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conjunction with several kex agencies including intelligdnce and

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assessment from GCHQ. This `ll comes on a day when the agency in

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Cheltenham faced a certain `mount of disruption due to a protest that

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started there by the online campaign group Anonymous. It's a four day

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protest against the use of lass surveillance and although it was a

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rather low key start today with only about a dozen protestors outside the

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gates, police presence was high a main car park was closed and many

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staff were bussed in through the gates with some, I understand,

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working from home. But it's been a peaceful protest and one of the

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organisers told me that thex wanted to raise awareness of privacy

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concerns over allegations that GCHQ has access to everyone's internet

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data. We understand the rule that GCHQ has

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two play but we do not understand why there are continuing me`sures

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being taken against the public. Cheltenham today, Martin Horwood,

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and he welcomed the protest saying it's good for democracy and it's

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important that Government agencies are properly scrutinised, btt he

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said that nothing he's heard so far shows that what GCHQ does is

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illegal. Everything I have heard suggests to

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me that the system is working and that GCHQ bends over backwards to

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stay within the law. statement today saying that they

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respect the right to legal protest and that they're carrying on as

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normal with "the important work Parliament has charged us to do to

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protect national security. We are proud of what we do and protd of the

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people who work here." And ht is a crucial time for staff therd with

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the terrorism threat being raised to severe ` again a reminder that means

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an attack is "highly likely" but there's no intelligence yet to

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suggest an attack is imminent. But it will obviously be a high focus

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and priority within GCHQ tonight. Coming up a bit later

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in the programme, Ian will be here We meet the scouts putting

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their best foot forward, to re`enact the mobilisation

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of troops 100 years ago. And the Somerset soldier who died

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on a World War One battlefidld. The family he never knew he had

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gives his medals to the county. The Badger Trust says it's

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considering an appeal after the High Court rejected its latdst

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legal challenge to the culls They're both due to get

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underway imminently. The trust had argued there should be

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independent monitoring of the killings ` something which happened

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during the pilot culls last year. As campaigners against the cull

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showed their frustration outside the High Court, inside lawyers for the

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Badger Trust had argued that Defra had not simply "moved the goalposts"

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for the second season of culls ` It said the "controlled shooting" in

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Gloucestershire and Somerset should only take place with independent

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observers overseeing it. The new Environment minister

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Liz Truss had already defended the Government's position

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in the Commons. We are asking the expert body to

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assess the way that the cals are going and to look at what wd can do

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in the future. We must use dvery tool in our tool box to address this

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threat. 6,000 cattle were slaughterdd

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in England last year becausd Many farmers and the Governlent

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claim culling is the only effective But last year's independent panel

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found the method of killing inhumane ` and the cull

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fell well short of set targdts. This year marksmen have been told

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they need to kill at least 615 badgers

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in Gloucestershire this auttmn, The Badger Trust was ordered to pay

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?10,000 towards Defra's leg`l costs. It can still ask

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the Appeal Court to hear thd case. A man

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from Swindon has been chargdd with causing death by dangerous driving

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and driving whilst disqualified Two cars collided on one

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of the town's busiest roads, near the entrance to the Orbital

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shopping centre, in May. A 33`year`old man died

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from his injuries. One man has been released whthout

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charge and the other, 23`year`old Arnie Rogers from

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Swindon is due in court next month. A man who went on the run

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in Wiltshire after a suspected arson spree and then stole

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a boat to make his getaway, found himself confronted by a flight of

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locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal. The man jumped on the boat

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after allegedly setting fird to some rubbish, a shed

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and a petrol mower in Devizds. But after struggling with four

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of the 29 locks at Caen Hill he apparently set fire

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to the boat and ran off. A 27 year old man has been

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arrested and released on bahl. Now this time last night we were

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celebrating the sporting achievements of our

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Commonwealth medallists and rugby World Cup winners as they p`raded

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through the streets of Bristol on an open top bus ` all ending with

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a big celebration at City H`ll. Our sports editor, Alistair Durden

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was there and he's with us now. Any chance of more sporting

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success this weekend, Ali? It is ten years since

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Gloucestershire won a trophx but they are in the quarterfinals of the

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cricket one`day cup. David Payne took four wickets for

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Gloucestershire. They have started the reply, reaching 63`1 after 2

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overs. Somerset's director of cricket will be leaving at the end

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of the season. There are gold medal hopes in the rowing Championships.

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Heather Stanning could win her first alongside Helen Glover. For this

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year the big picture is Amsterdam. The former Bristol City and Yeovil

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defender Jamie McAllister h`s been signed to play in

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the brand new Indian Super League. The inaugural season will rtn

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from October until December, and organisers hope it'll kick`start the

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country's interest in footb`ll and McAllister, who's now 36, whll be

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a player`coach for Kerala Blasters, who are managed by one of hhs

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former team`mates at Ashton Gate . Bristol has been Jamie McAllister's

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home for almost a decade. He played nearly 300 games for City

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and Yeovil Town. But without a club this sumler,

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he was close to returning to Until he got a call

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from former team`mate David James I thought he was joking at first. I

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saw it was all true. It is ` good opportunity. I am hearing that there

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will be fools to the is. Pars I am hearing that the stadiums whll be

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fully attended. He'll be away for four months `

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and it means leaving wife Ashley She sees the opportunity as a good

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thing. And although he'll be 5000 liles

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from home, he'll still be kdeping an eye on how his former cltbs do

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back in England. City will be strong. Yeovil have

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made a lot of signings. In time the gaffer will work his magic.

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So after an 18 year career hn England and Scotland, time for a new

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Cheltenham could include thd new on loan striker.

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The RSPCA in Bristol is calling for a ban

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It says there's been an alarming increase

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in the amount of calls it rdceives to its cruelty and advice hotline.

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Graham Satchell sent us this report from a centre more used to

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In amongst the barking dogs, the cutest of cats, rabbits and snakes,

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there is a new arrival. This is a marmoset. His owners had kept him in

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a cage. He is now being looked after by one of the staff here. Hd has

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been here for two weeks. A couple had him as a pet. They were

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struggling to cope with thel. That is why they had to contact the RSPCA

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to help them. This story is not unique. The RSPCA has seen ` 73

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rise in calls to its helpline from people having problem looking after

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monkeys that they have as pdts. The trade is and regulated. They are

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sold on the intranet. The RSPCA estimates there are

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between 3000 and 9000 primates being kept as pets in this countrx. The

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wildness never changes. Thex are a social animal. They spend the day

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socialising, foraging for food. Nor average household could provide that

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environment. Primate experts continue to call for

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a ban. They see it is inhum`ne to keep these creatures in a c`ge in a

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domestic setting. The RSPCA is hoping to find a

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sanctuary for this marmoset. For the time being he remains at thd dogs

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and Cats home. And the Avon Valley Wildlifd Park

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near Keynsham has now offerdd to home Mickey the Marmoset Monkey

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and pair him up with a mate. 101 veterans from across thd South

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West have been receiving medals The honour ` which is called the

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Ushakov medal ` was given for the work that the men did whilst serving

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in the Arctic during World War Two. They manned vessels which c`rried

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cargo including tanks, fighter planes and food for those fhghting

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against Germany in the Sovidt Union. And a Somerset museum has bden given

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three World War One medals ` 100 years to the day

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after the soldier who earned them When Private William Newman went to

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war he had no idea So he died never knowing

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he was to have a family. Now around 30

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of his descendants have gathered for a ceremony to present

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his medals for public displ`y. These are his great great great

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grandchildren. Not just a family gathering `

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a moment in history. 30 of the family Private William

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Newman never knew he was to have were at the Museum of Somerset

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as one of his youngest descdndants handed over his war medals ` exactly

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100 years to the day that hd died. Thank you for accepting thel. My

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grandfather, even though he died, gave life to 34 of us.

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William Newman's war was only to last four days.

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The private with Somerset Light Infantry died

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in the Battle of Le Cateau ` one of more than 7,800 British Servicemen

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Now his medals will form part of a special World War One

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exhibition just opened at the Museum of Somerset.

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It is nice that people can see what they mean to us and to the

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community. Since this display opened l`st

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month new offers of exghibits have We have had letters donated recently

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describing the conditions. Ht is fantastic that people have donated

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some remarkable things to the collection.

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But few exhibits can have stch a remarkable family story attached

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A legacy William Newman would have known nothing of.

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A Scout group from the West is back in the UK `fter

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retracing the steps of soldhers to Belgium exactly 100 years ago.

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The 10th Chippenham Scout Group followed the movements

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of the Wiltshire Regiment to Mons, meeting up with scouts

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Well we're joined by three of the Scouts and their leader now,

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I got back at one o'clock this morning. Why did you decide to do

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this trip? In 2012 we went to France for Remembrance Day. We thotght

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about what we could do in two years time. We started talking to its

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gates in France, Germany and Belgium. `` to Scouts in Fr`nce

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Germany and Belgium. How much walking was involved? There was a

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lot of walking, that it did not matter very much. Did you fdel how

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those soldiers might have fdlt? I got a bit of a sense of that. But we

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were not under all the stress. Do you think going out there m`kes you

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understand the enormity of the First World War? We what that way on

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purpose because that is the way that the regiment walked during the

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battle. But we rested more than the dead. Pars but we rested more than

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the did. Has it made you understand lore

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about the sacrifice? How do you feel about your relatives and thd other

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people that did not come back? We went to a lot of graveyards when we

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were there. On the last day I was looking at all the graves. H did not

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realise you could fill walls with the names. It was just a fr`ction of

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all the people that they're worth. `` all the people that therd where.

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Here is the weather. A pretty decent weekend. Saturday will be a day of

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sunny spells. A spot of light rain in Northern districts were hn the

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day. Sunday it will be another drive day. Patchy light rain tonight. Some

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of that will turn heavier. Tomorrow looking reasonable. High`prdssure

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raging in on Sunday. Patchy rain tonight. By daybreak tomorrow, a dry

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start. That sets the tone through the rest of the day. The ond

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exception will be later in the afternoon. There will be higher

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cloud across Gloucestershird. That could deliver light rain. On Monday

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these fronts will slip down across the area of high pressure. Some

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jurors or in places. Some of that will linger into Tuesday. Bx

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Wednesday and Thursday we could have temperatures into the low 20s.

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Have a lovely weekend. Goodbye.

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