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PLUMPTON.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) TIPS BOB WATTS CAPTAIN WESSEX 12.50 -- Judiciary 1.20 -- Flite 1.55 -- Lombok 2.25 -- Sailor's Sovereign 3.00 -- Freedom Flyer 3.30 -- The Darling Boy 4.05 -- Tigger 1.50 - Judiciary (nb) 1.20 - Flite 1.55 -...

WOLVERHAMPTON.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) TIPS BOB WATTS CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.15 -- Exceedance 2.50 -- Locum (nb) 3.20 -- Persidha 3.55 -- Hey Fiddle Fiddle 4.30 -- Princess Gail 5.00 -- Elijah Pepper 5.30 -- Mill Mick 2.15 - Crazy Too 2.50 - Locum 3.20 - The...

Ignorance of stroke warning.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) About two thirds of people aged 65 or over are unable to recognise a specific form of irregular heartbeat as a warning sign of stroke, according to a survey published by The Stroke Association. The research,...

Flawed thinking can trigger illness.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Is that 'bad bit' of your body really flawed, or have you got body dysmorphic disorder? Lisa Salmon reports on the distressing condition Most of us have parts of our body we dislike, and would love to swap that big...

Pioneering surgery bids to save lawyer's sight.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A pioneering gene therapy operation has been performed on a Bristol lawyer to prevent him losing his sight. It is one of the first attempts in the world to correct a gene defect in the light-sensitive cells at...

GPs fear reforms will lead to a conflict of interest.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) More than 70 per cent of GPs in England are concerned about conflicts of interest resulting from the Government's NHS reforms, according to a study. The report found that three quarters of family doctors do not...

D-day for children's cereals.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) In order to help tackle the growing issue of illnesses relating to vitamin D deficiency such as rickets, Kellogg's is adding vitamin D to all of its children's cereals in the UK. New research shows that 82 per cent...

Our GBP40 million salute to the lost souls of Flanders.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Back in a time so different from today, on November 11, 1921, the Royal British Legion staged its first official Poppy Day to remember the men who had given their lives for peace and freedom in the Great War. Its...

We'll provide evidence to show some hunts are breaking the law.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Over the weekend, many of the hunts that operate across the West Country met for the first time this season, the seventh since the ban came into force. They'll talk about hunting being resilient in the face of...

Dementia raises the challenge of assisted dying.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) He sang about The Young Ones and looks and acts decades younger than his 71 years, but Sir Cliff Richard is prepared for the vagaries of old age - and particularly the horror of dementia. The veteran star's...

Cirencester revival gathers momentum.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) CIRENCESTER TOWN 2 LEAMINGTON 1 Cirencester's upturn inform continued as the Centurions beat Leamington in the Premier Division of the Evo-Stik Southern League. Goals from strike duo Paul Banks and Mitchell...

Last-gasp goal means Tigers have to replay.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) CHELMSFORD CITY 1 GLOUCESTER CITY 1 Injury-time goals at the end of each half mean that Gloucester and Chelmsford must replay for a place in the first round proper of the FA Cup. Chelmsford should have taken a...

Villagers ease past ten-man Clevedon.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) CLEVEDON TOWN 0 BISHOP'S CLEEVE 3 Three second-half goals earned Bishop's Cleeve a comfortable victory at Clevedon in Division One South & West of the Evo-Stik Southern League. Defeat saw Town slip one place...

Paulton upset by Cinderford.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) PAULTON ROVERS 0 CINDERFORD TOWN 1 Greg Lewis struck a late winner as Cinderford inflicted Paulton's first home defeat of the season in Division One South & West of the Evo-Stik Southern League. Town had the...

Arlesey's late turnaround embarrasses Forest Green.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) ARLESEY TOWN 2 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 1 Forest Green Rovers manager Dave Hockaday declared himself 'gobsmacked' after his side were unceremoniously dumped out of the FA Cup by minnows Arlesey Town. Trailing 1-0...

Claridge helps see off United.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) GOSPORT BOROUGH 2 MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 1 Former Premier League striker Steve Claridge was among the scorers as Gosport came from behind to beat Mangotsfield in Division One South & West of the Evo-Stik Southern...

Buffoon does not understand money.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) I've been watching the TV reports on the deepening debt crisis in the Eurozone and also the protests going on around the world about the unfairness of modern banking. Some representatives from a monetary reform...

A Massey Ferguson 35 - [...].
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A Massey Ferguson 35 - launched in 1958 and the first model to carry the marque after a merger between Ferguson and the American manufacturer Massey - featured in a Moore Allen & Innocent auction in Cirencester...

Majority are appalled by barbaric pursuit.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Most animal lovers believe that hunts are acting as though they're above the law and believe that the law should be strengthened to stop the awful, barbaric cruelty to foxes, deer and hares. According to the...

Dial M for mounting frustration.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: Tim Davey Our telephone has not been working properly. It's on our land line 'phone which comes courtesy of British Telecom. Now the odd thing about this situation, which has endured for a week, is...

Anarchists hijacked Dale Farm eviction.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) It is unfortunate that many newspapers and magazines chose to illustrate their coverage of the Dale Farm evictions with the dramatic image of a woman, looking for all the world like some mediaeval martyr, holding...

Exposed: media's single narrative.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Representatives of three organisations which had been important in his life formed the panel at the first Will Fancy Memorial Lecture held in Bristol on the evening of Thursday, October 27. They were Joanne Kaye,...

Power shifts as EU holds out begging bowl to China.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: KATE IRONSIDE The sight of the European Union begging the Chinese to bail it out is a graphic demonstration of the way in which economic power has shifted in this world. Within hours of last week's...

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) CLARKSON DROPS ORDER Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has abandoned an injunction to prevent allegations about his private life being published. The gagging order banned the publication of personal details,...

ON THIS DAY.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) HALLOWEEN - ALL HALLOWS EVE This day the souls of the dead are supposed to revisit their homes 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 'theses' to the church door at Wittenburg, inadvertently sparking the Reformation which...

STRANGE BUT TRUE.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) ROYAL BLOOMERS Regal undergarments belonging to Queen Victoria are expected to fetch GBP3,000 at auction next week. A selection of her stockings and underwear are to be sold alongside hundreds of royal artefacts...

IT'S A FACT.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word...

PUB QUIZ.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) QUESTION 1 Staff who clean trains on which rail line went on a 24-hour strike over pay? QUESTION 2 The bronze buttock from the statue of which late leader failed to sell at auction? QUESTION 3 Which Cabinet minister...

MILITARY NEWS.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) British military assets used in operations over Libya are on their way home following Friday's decision by Nato to conclude the mission today . Visiting Italy's Gioia del Colle airfield, where many of the UK air...

QUOTES OF THE DAY.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) I find I am getting bolshie. If I am not careful, it will turn into unkindness. What I would hate most is to become intolerant, a characteristic I deplore in other people - Actress Sheila Hancock London is the...

Sale realises Titanic sums.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A rare Titanic first class deck plan belonging to a wealthy New York couple who drowned at sea has sold at a West Country auction for GBP30,000. The deck plans were handed to the 324 first class passengers as...

Poet's village united against development.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: TINA ROWE t.rowe@bepp.co.uk Villagers fighting a bid to swamp quiet lanes made famous by poet TS Eliot with a 2,500 home extension to Yeovil hope the experts they have recruited will win the day. The...

Crash victim's friends on road safety trek.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Four friends took part in a charity motorbike ride after their colleague was badly hurt in a road accident. Elliot Dickerson, 21, from Cheltenham, has been in hospital for more than a month after coming off his bike...

Community benefits from legacy funds.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Friends and family of a Somerset teenager killed after a night out have raised funds for the community where he lived. Eric Stokes, of Bruton, was 19 when he was killed in June 2002. A man was charged but found not...

Manual helps fans master a Routemaster.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: TINA ROWE wdnews@bepp.co.uk It is an icon of London known around the world, as recognisably British as the Houses of Parliament or Buckingham Palace. And now the millions of fans of the jolly red...

No longer pear-shaped - Babycham is back in vogue.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) It was the taste of the swinging 60s and is now surprisingly back in vogue in these more austere times. The fickle nature of consumer taste has seen the classic West tipple Babycham enjoy some fantastic bubbles...

'Arm ships to stop pirates'.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: JOE CHURCHER PA POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Armed guards are to be deployed on British ships for the first time to protect them from pirates, David Cameron announced yesterday. A legal ban on weapontoting...

The bugle heard by British [...].
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) The bugle heard by British cavalrymen as they thundered into Russian gunfire during the Charge of the Light Brigade is to be sounded once again. The small brass instrument - known as the Balaklava Bugle - will be...

Suicide bomber kills two British workers.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Two British contractors were among 13 people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said. Five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors were killed in the...

All women set to have a right to caesareans.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Women will soon have the right to give birth by caesarean section on the NHS whether there is a medical need for the operation or not, according to a report. Previously, women were expected to give birth...

Bishop backs legal moves to evict St Paul's protest camp.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: ARJ SINGH PRESS ASSOCIATION The Bishop of London yesterday backed legal measures that could lead to anti-capitalist demonstrators being evicted from their camp outside St Paul's. The Right Reverend Dr...

Pub's house wines and spirits do not mix.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A "wine snob" ghost is lurking in the cellar of a pub, making its feelings known about the house wine, it has been claimed. The ghost, named Corky by regulars at the Court Oak pub in Harborne, Birmingham, apparently...

Riders saddled up for the [...].
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Riders saddled up for the start of a new hunting season, and turned out in style for the opening meet of The Ledbury Hunt. The spectacle took place at Corse Lawn House Hotel, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, where...

Murderer's mansion sold.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: EVA JONES wdnews@bepp.co.uk As a home it had a macabre, unique selling point and now it seems convicted killer Adrian Prout's farm is on the verge of being sold. The sprawling country estate was dug up...

Injured buzzard flies away - by aeroplane.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A rare honey buzzard which was injured in the UK is set to fly to its African wintering grounds this week - by plane, the Hawk Conservancy Trust said. The juvenile bird suffered a fractured wing and was taken to the...

TV Licensing workers will walk out today.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) TV Licensing workers in Bristol will stage a second strike today in a dispute over pay, mounting picket lines at two sites. The Communication Workers Union said its members employed by outsourcing giant Capita will...

Government looks set to cut solar subsidies.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) The Government is set to announce plans to reduce subsidies for household solar electricity this week, with fears the payments could be slashed by half. Ministers have warned that feed-in tariffs, which pay...

Gas alarm call.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Only a third of UK homes currently have a carbon monoxide alarm and only one person in five realises the gas can kill, according to new research. In the UK, at least 50 people died last year after being poisoned...

Hopes raised as court ends Qantas strike.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: ELLA PICKOVER PRESS ASSOCIATION Stranded British passengers looked likely to be in the air within hours after a court ended the Qantas union strikes and the grounding of the airline's fleet yesterday. ...

Assad warns against Western intervention in Syria.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Syrian president Bashar Assad has warned western intervention against his regime would cause an "earthquake" that would "burn the whole region". President Assad told The Sunday Telegraph the action could lead to...

THE CHAMPION OF THE WEST SINCE 1858.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) WEATHER Light rain Page 13 First class reminder of maritime disaster A rare Titanic first class deck plan belonging to a wealthy New York couple who drowned at sea has sold at a West Country auction for GBP30,000...

Elderly choice of eat or heat.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Pensioner Eric Ingram said he faces a choice between eating or the heating this winter over fears about high energy bills. Mr Ingram, 86, a retired lorry driver, is one of many pensioners who admit they will...

Wrong stamp storm engulfs Royal Mail.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: TIM MOYNIHAN wdnews@bepp.co.uk The Royal Mail last night insisted it was continuing to give first class mail priority over second class at all times after it was reported that it had stopped doing so on...

Kite surfer rescued from choppy waters.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A stricken kite surfer was rescued from the Bristol Channel near Weston-super-Mare yesterday morning. He had got into trouble in high winds off the popular beach at Uphill. The resort's RNLI crews normally train on...

Fuel spill brings chaos to tourists' journeys.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A six-mile-long fuel spill caused "treacherous" road conditions resulting in a car crash, police said. The spill on the A382 in Devon closed a section of the road for several hours following the crash at Whiddon...

Man charged with 'carnival' murder.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) A 30-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a man outside a Bristol pub after the St Paul's Carnival. Rico Gordon, 21, from the Notting Hill area of West London, was killed near the Coach House in...

Second homes could lose council tax discount.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Owners of second homes face losing council tax discounts as part of a shake-up to ease the pressure on hard-pressed families. Ministers also want to give local authorities powers to axe discounts on empty properties...

Your Stars.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: Claire petulegro Love is in the air for many of your sign. You're starting to realise that you have choices in life. You come out of this week a wiser and happier person and about time too. Ring me now to...

Vettel continues to dominate as Hamilton suffers further setbacks.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: IAN PARKES in New Delhi Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa again found themselves at war both on and off track in a dispute that overshadowed the outcome of yesterday's Indian Grand Prix. For the sixth...

Keothavong set to be British number two after her title victory.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: ELEANOR CROOKS wdsport@bepp.co.uk British number three Anne Keothavong continued her fine run of form when she won the Aegon GB Pro-Series title in Barnstaple with a straightsets victory over Poland's...

Garcia makes it two victories in a row.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) GOLF: Sergio Garcia made it two wins in a row on home soil in Spain yesterday. An 11-stroke winner at his home Castello Masters last weekend, Garcia edged out fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez by one in the...

Melmore defeated in singles final in Cyprus.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) BOWLS: Devon's Natalie Melmore reached the final of the Atlantic Championships women's singles in Cyprus with a 21-20 victory over Scotland's Claire Johnston, but the 22-year-old Torquay Kings player came up short...

Second-hand cars are relatively expensive.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Consumers in the region are falling foul of "rip-off relatives" when it comes to buying second-hand cars, according to a survey. As many as 67 per cent of those who had bought a car from a relative had a bad...

A fright wedding, and the bride looked a horror.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Skeletons in the closet are normally most unwelcome at the altar - but Karen Lloyd and Steve Vailes wedding wardrobe made sure any bones to pick were on public display. The spectacular costumes the Bristol...

England end the year with a T20 victory.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: DAVID CLOUGH in Kolkata England ended their rollercoaster 2011 back on a small upward curve - and remain rightly proud of what has been mostly a year of outstanding achievement. Victory over India was...

Turnell is eyeing spot at Festival for Flips.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Trainer Andy Turnell will be trying to find a suitable race at the Cheltenham Festival for Micheal Flips after he opened his account over fences at Ascot. The former smart hurdler had found the highly-rated Cue...

I need to talk to the owners about Weird Al, says McCain.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: KEITH HAMER Donald McCain remains reluctant to commit the talented but fragile Weird Al to the Hennessy Gold Cup after his win at Wetherby. The injury-plagued eightyear-old leapt to favouritism in some...

We will learn from errors - Middleton.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: ROTHERHAM 44 BRISTOL 6 BY STEVE COTTON The reasons why Liam Middleton had been so keen to play down Bristol's table-topping start to the season became evident as they were outplayed and outgunned at...

Five-try Henley see off Dings.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Dings were no match for a very strong Henley side, who put on a fine performance of 15-man rugby, scoring five tries and spilling a couple more. Henley took the lead with a try after 15 minutes from centre Danny...

Cheltenham in fine comeback.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Cheltenham moved to third in South West One East, a point behind Swindon, after this win in Wiltshire. Cheltenham battled back from being 29-7 down at halftime. Captain Charles Daniell led the team to a...

Sprague grabs a hat-trick of tries in Weston's big victory.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Weston ended a run of three home defeats by running in ten tries, including three from wing Paul Sprague and two from full-back Chris Young in SSE National Three South West. Quins were the first to get points on the...

Chasing pack lose ground on the top two.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Willand and Larkhall tightened their grip on the Premier Division title race on a bad day for the chasing pack. While the top two both won, only Merthyr, who moved third, avoided defeat out of the next six teams in...

Rangers Bale out but Spurs have lift-off.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: PA FOOTBALL STAFF Tottenham Hotspur stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches and moved level on points with fourth-placed Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League thanks to a 3-1 success over...

Snodgrass pinches a point for Leeds.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Robert Snodgrass's second goal of the season broke Cardiff City's six-game winning run against Leeds United in an entertaining 1-1 draw in the npower Championship at Elland Road yesterday. The Scotland winger...

Mancini can take pride as City demolish Wolves again.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini spoke of his pride at the mental strength shown by his Barclays Premier League leaders after they secured a 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium -...

Old Patesians hang on to gain the points after a thriller.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) OLD PATESIANS 43 EXMOUTH 38 Old Patesians secured victory after a nail-biting thriller in their National League Three South West clash. Exmouth full-back Jack Downie came through on the blindside for an early...

Wingers are impressive in Rovers victory.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: BRISTOL ROVERS 2 DAG & RED 0 BY CHRIS SWIFT It had been quite some time since Gasheads had trooped out of the Memorial Stadium on a Saturday afteS rnoon celebrating a win. The eight-month wait was...

Southend go top with away win.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Southend continued their hot run of form with a 2-0 win over Macclesfield at Moss Ross to climb to the top of npower League Two. Ryan Hall opened the scoring in the 39th minute before Kane Ferdinand sealed the...

My side gave me everything, says Di Canio as Swindon are held.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: SWINDON TN 0 BRADFORD C 0 BY BEN BAKER Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio refused to point the finger of blame at any of his players despite failing to breakthrough ten-man Bradford at the County Ground. The...

Bath bosses are pleased with defence.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: LONDON IRISH 12 BATH 13 BY TOM BRADSHAW A late Sam Vesty penalty gave Bath a one-point victory over London Irish in a nervejangling Aviva Premiership clash. Bath took a first-half lead thanks to a Vesty...

Albion suffer another defeat.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) BRIDGWATER & ALBION 7 BARNSTAPLE 34 Bridgwater & Albion are still without a win and bottom of the SSE National Three South West table. The Somerset side defended stoutly from the off but on 10 minutes...

Taunton clinch a vital victory.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) TAUNTON 37 CLIFTON 25 After a couple of hammerings in recent weeks, Taunton bounced back to winning form in National Two South. But it was by no means a onesided affair. Taunton were the better side in the first...

Bulls' fine run of form is ended.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: TORQUAY UTD 2 HEREFORD UTD 0 BY BARRY GRIFFITHS Torquay ended Hereford's four-game unbeaten run with two goals in four minutes from Kevin Nicholson and Billy Bodin at Plainmoor. Nicholson opened the...

Duffy at the double as Cheltenham come from behind to beat Plymouth.
October 31, 2011... (From Western Daily Press) Byline: CHELTENHAM 2 PLYMOUTH 1 BY JON PALMER Darryl Duffy was the late saviour as a thoroughly eventful match finished in Cheltenham Town's favour at the Abbey Business Stadium. A glaring miss, an own goal,...