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21/03/2017

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On the killing of a vulnerable teenager.

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His mum is now warning others about the danger of knives.

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As much as you think it's going to protect you, it's not.

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How this creature could help in the fight against Alzheimer's.

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And heavy rain developing later tonight particularly across western

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areas where there could be snow as well. Details later in the

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programme. A serious case review is going to be

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carried out after the killing A local man has admitted murdering

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17-year-old Camran Green and now Camran had been under local

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authority care and an investigation has begun into how he became

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involved with a criminal gang. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

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Charlotte Callen reports. 17 years old and under the care

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of social services, Camran Green He'd fallen in with a gang

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and he was dealing drugs. Despite having a care team,

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he was able to travel by train from Birmingham

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to Cheltenham at weekends. Customers ordered drugs

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over the phone from him, That's how he met this man,

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Steven Sharpe, who let him stay On the 2nd of October last year,

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Sharpe tried to rob Camran He stabbed him with this 14-inch

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knife, described as a Rambo Police say more young

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vulnerable people are getting I think it is an indication

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of the world we live in where lots of communications

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are by mobile phones and people That's what we're seeing

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here in the drugs market. His mum wants to warn young people

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not to carry knives. She's also upset her son wasn't

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better looked after. You know, they should have found

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out where he was going, who he was with, you know,

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all that a mother would do. His care workers should

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see him as their child. So I am quite disappointed

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and annoyed they didn't Dudley City Council,

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who were responsible for Camran's care, say this is a tragic case

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and our fault with the family. -- and our thoughts are with the

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family. They say it is now the subject

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of a serious case review. The judge here today said the murky

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world of drugs had taken Steven Sharpe was given

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a life sentence. He will serve at least

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24-and-a-half years in prison. A man has branded South

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Gloucestershire Council "insensitive" after his mother

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received a letter about her council The letter was written

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to Ada Davies, who died in February, informing her that she would no

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longer get a reduction It even invited her to make

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a new claim for a reduction. The authority has apologised for

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the automatically generated letter. This is the manduca sexta and it

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loves to eat and scientists in Bath hope it could help

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in the fight against dementia. They'll be feeding caterpillars

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a sugary diet to see Our Health Correspondent Matthew

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Hill has had exclusive access This is the newest weapon

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in the fight against Alzheimer's. For some time, scientists have known

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that how much sugar we eat So they've enlisted the help

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of one of the greediest creatures on the planet -

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this very hungry caterpillar. This is kind of almost

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the end of the cycle... The clue's in its Latin name -

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manduca sexta which means We are studying these

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because we are interested in the damage that sugars cause

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to proteins in the diet. In the colony, we hold

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all of the stages of the life cycle. So it goes through all the stages

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but it is the caterpillar stage It's been known for some time that

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people with Type 2 diabetes are far It's thought that's because glucose

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forms a harmful by-product in their blood, which makes it

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harder to kill the abnormal proteins known as plaques and tangels,

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which form in the brain. The same team of scientists in Bath

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have already developed a technique using a fluorescent light

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to discover the tell-tale It's called glycation -

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where sugar attaches to proteins Scientists think a substance found

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in berries and chocolate, called flavonoids, may

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reduce this glycation. So they are adding these flavonoids

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to the caterpillar diet to see It's an interesting model system

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that we're using to test the effects of high sugar on biological

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function, which we hope will give us a way of testing a mechanism that

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can be used to screen drugs and interventions to reduce this

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glycation that we are seeing Yes, these caterpillars like eating

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sugar, so we can mimic that high-sugar environment that

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you see in humans. This is the only place in Europe

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to culture these caterpillars. They evenually transform

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into a moth, and these pests can One essential ingredient

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for horn worms is tobacco. They need the smell of it in order

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to breed and lay eggs. That is why the university

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have a special licence This research project

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could take years. But if this greedy caterpillar can

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shed light on how diet could reduce the chances of Alzheimer's,

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then we may well have Earlier, I spoke to Dr Rosa Sancho,

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the Head of Research She told me she welcomed any

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research into the disease. Dementia is caused

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by a mix of factors, And by environmental,

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I mean our lifestyle, So it is not the first time

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that sugar is linked However, I would say that rather

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than the one food group, the best evidence supports that

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people should have a balanced and healthy diet in general,

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not just pay attention to one You mentioned a balanced

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and healthy diet as regards How far have you got to finding out

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what can prevent it? Well, the best evidence

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supports vascular health. So, really what is good for your

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heart is good for your brain. The best evidence says

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that we should exercise, we should keep our cholesterol

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and blood pressure in check, not smoking and, as this

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study has alluded to, There is also some evidence behind

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keeping socially and mentally active as a way to prevent the development

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of Alzheimer's disease. Where are we currently in finding

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a cure for Alzheimer's? Do you think we will see

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that in our generation? We have had more funding for

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research then we have had before. We have a lot of political backing

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in the last few years and we have seen the start of more

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and more clinical trials. So we hope that yes,

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in our generation, It's really important

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because at the moment, people do not have access

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to effective treatments. And research like this and any other

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research is very important to further our understanding

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of what causes it and how we can A generous legacy has been

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left to people who live in the West Somerset

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village of Porlock. Susan Taylor left ?700,000

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to improve the village 1,200 letters have now been

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delivered to people living in the area asking for ideas on how

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to spend the money. It's such a big amount

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of money and... -- something amazing for the kids,

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maybe? Probably build a swimming

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pool or something? A decision on how to spend

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the village's inheritance will made Forest Green Rovers have gone top

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of the National League tonight Christian Doidge scored in the final

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minute to beat Solihull Moors 2-1. The victory puts Forest Green

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three points clear. That's it from us tonight. More news

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on your local station and online. Good night and here is the forecast.

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A chilly wind started to develop. Let me take you through the

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forecasts as we head through to tomorrow. A band of rain developing

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across western areas. That will take shape through the course of the

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night. There is a question mark as to how far east that will be by

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first light. It will rotate north-east with giving heavy rain

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and snow in places. And the rest of tomorrow will brighten up. Through

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the afternoon. Temperatures tonight dropping towards freezing in some

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upland spots. The rain is across western part of Somerset at the

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moment. Some of that good fall as snow, it could penetrate down to

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about 100 metres or 200 metres elevation and lying at 200 metres

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plus. There could be patches elsewhere. There is uncertainty

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about the position of where it is tomorrow morning. That rain will go

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north eastwards. Then in the afternoon, it will start to brighten

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up. Some quite slow-moving, heavy showers in that part of the day.

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Temperatures below average. It will feel decent where you

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Heavy rain, snow and ice are all in the forecast once again. It was

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quite a wintry scene today, especially in Scotland. Some very

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