29/08/2014 BBC Points West


29/08/2014

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Good evening. That's all from

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Parents of a 22 year old wolan from Somerset who died after being

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hit by a train on a level crossing say they are devastated.

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Yasmin Jones was trying to fetch a dog she was walking,

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after it slipped under a gate and got onto the tracks.

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Yasmin Jones grew up in Glastobury ` but had moved to Merseyside

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On Wednesday afternoon she was out walking her landlady's two dogs

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when one slipped under a gate at this level crossing near Formby.

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She and the dog died after being struck by a trahn.

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Our family is totally devastated by the loss of Yasmin,

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our beautiful and talented daughter, sister and grandd`ughter.

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No words can describe the p`in and loss we feel

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We are comforted by the knowledge that her energy and lust for life

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She was a pupil at this school. She moved on to this university.

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In Glastonbury today we met friends of Yasmin in tears.

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She was very bright. She always had a smile on her face.

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The crossing where Yasmin dhed is on a busy rail line to Liverpool.

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Network Rail says it was dud to be closed ` and replaced with

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a footbridge as part of national safety improvemdnts

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Locals say it's dangerous bdcause trains appear from behind a bend.

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New made not see the train tntil ten seconds before the train crosses.

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An inquest into the death of Yasmin Jones is due to open

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The Badger Trust says it's considering an appeal after the

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High Court rejected its latdst legal challenge to the culls

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They're both due to get underway imminently.

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The trust had argued there should be independent monitoring of the

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killings ` something which happened during the pilot culls last year.

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As campaigners against the cull showed their frustration outside the

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High Court, inside lawyers for the Badger Trust had argued that Defra

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had not simply "moved the goalposts" for the second season of culls `

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It said the "controlled shooting" in Gloucestershire and Somerset should

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only take place with independent observers overseeing it.

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The new Environment minister Liz Truss had already defended

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the Government's position in the Commons.

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We are asking the expert body to assess the way that the culls are

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going and to look at what wd can do in the future. We must use dvery

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tool in our tool box to address this threat.

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6,000 cattle were slaughterdd in England last year becausd

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Many farmers and the Governlent claim culling is the only effective

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But last year's independent panel found the method

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of killing inhumane ` and the cull fell well short of set targdts.

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This year marksmen have been told they need to kill

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at least 615 badgers in Gloucestershire this auttmn,

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The Badger Trust was ordered to pay ?10,000 towards Defra's leg`l costs.

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It can still ask the Appeal Court to hear thd case.

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A Somerset museum has been given three World War One medals `

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100 years to the day after the soldier who earned them

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When Private William Newman went to war he had no idea

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These are his great great great grandchildren.

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Not just a family gathering ` a moment in history.

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30 of the family Private William Newman never knew he was to have

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were at the Museum of Somerset as one of his youngest descdndants

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handed over his war medals ` exactly 100 years to the day that hd died.

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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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Since this display opened l`st month new offers of exghibits have

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We have had letters donated recently describing the conditions. Ht is

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fantastic that people have donated some remarkable things to the

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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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Cricket and Gloucestershire have lost in the quarter finals

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Batting first Kent managed to make 242.

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Gloucesterhire started their chase well, with Gareth

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But the visitors failed to reach the target.

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Gloucestershire were eventu`lly all out for 218 in 48 overs.

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Newsnight is starting over on BBC Two.

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There's more news on the BBC website and

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We're back with you throughout the weekend.

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I'll leave you with Ian who has the weekend forecast.

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No problems from the weather this weekend if you have outdoor events

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to go to. Cloud cover will be variable. This evening and hs

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tonight there will be patchx at pics of rain. That'll have cleardd the

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site caused by daybreak tomorrow. Generally right tomorrow. A cloudy

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begin with. Then it turns sunnier and warmer through the week.

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Good evening. The sun sets on August this weekend, I'm sure some of you

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will be pleased. After a promising start to the summer, August is the

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month where it took a turn for the cooler. It's the first month since

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last November where we will have seen below-average temperatures Bit

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time the numbers are crunched, potentially this could be the

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coolest August in over 20 years What went wrong? It was hurricane

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bertha which broke the patterns Another ex-hurricane this cloud in

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the Atlantic could be along to stick the sticking plaster on and save

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something warmer for next week. At the moment we have low pressure to

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the north of the UK tonight. Bands of showers across the country

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pushing southwards and eastwards. A few of you will stay dry. I think

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most seeing a bit of dampness before the night is

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