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  1. Weather: A warm weekend ahead with a threat of showers and thunder

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    Video caption: Watch: Ian Fergusson with the weather forecast

    That's it from us for this week - we'll be back on Monday from 7am with more live news, sport, travel and weather updates from across the West of England.

  2. Cheltenham bus crash: 'Driver sustained serious injuries'

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    Video caption: Watch: BBC Points West's Steve Knibbs speaks to Sgt Martyn Murawa

    Two roads remain shut in Prestbury, Cheltenham, after a bus crashed into a house this afternoon.

    Sgt Martyn Murawa, from Gloucestershire Constabulary, said a bus and a cyclist were involved in a collision before the bus hit a house.

    No-one except a dog was in the house when the crash happened.

  3. 'Don't cut specialist support for deaf children' says charity

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    Video caption: Watch: Sarah Collinson says deaf children are not achieving as well as hearing children

    Some parents in the West of England say they're worried plans to cut support for deaf children around Somerset, Bristol and Bath will leave their children floundering.

    There are nearly 2,000 deaf children in our region.

    Figures show they tend to have worse outcomes at GCSE - on average a whole grade lower - than those who can hear.

    And campaigners fear that proposals to cut funding by up to £270,000 will cause that gap to grow.

    Sarah Collinson from the National Deaf Children's Society says with the right support deaf children should be able to do just as well as their hearing counterparts.

  4. Essential tree works close A37 at Pensford

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    Part of the A37 at Pensford has been shut to allow for essential maintenance work.

    The condition of four trees on private land next to the road has deteriorated following a landslip and they need to be felled and removed to ensure the safety of road users.

    It's hoped the work - between Bristol and the A368 Chelwood roundabout - will be completed by the end of Saturday, according to Bath and North East Somerset council.

    The contractor has put in place a diversion route which goes from the A368 to the A39, then on to the A4, before returning to the A37.

  5. Fatal crash in Somerset prompts appeal

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    A fatal crash involving two cars in Chewton Mendip, Somerset, has sparked a police appeal for witnesses.

    The collision happened on Thursday, between Bathway and Red Quar in Torhole Bottom, at 22:20 BST.

    A man aged in his 20s, who was driving one of the cars, died as a result of injuries sustained.

    "It is possible that a white Mercedes may have been travelling along the road before the collision took place," said an Avon and Somerset Police spokesman.

    Any witnesses are asked to contact the police.

  6. Cheltenham bus crash: Driver in hospital

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    BBC Points West reporter Steve Knibbs has been at the scene following a collision between a bus and a cyclist in Cheltenham.

    He says the driver's in a "serious but stable" condition in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, and the cyclist has minor injuries.

    Watch BBC Points West (West region) at 10.25pm for his update.

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  7. Police swap station for library to allow nerve agent 'deep clean'

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    Police in Salisbury will be dealing with public inquiries from a desk in the city's library following the temporary closure of Bourne Hill station for eight weeks.

    This is to allow deep cleaning following the recent nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

    The Salisbury Police Enquiry Desk will open from 10:00-17:30 BST on Mondays; 09:00-17:30 BST on Tuesdays; 09:00-17:00 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; and 09:00-13:00 on Saturdays.

  8. Stunning drone footage: Birnbeck Pier from above

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    Video caption: Watch: Rare video of Birnbeck Pier captured by drone

    BBC cameraman Gavin Armstrong has taken this amazing aerial footage of Birnbeck Pier, in Weston-super-Mare.

    The pier opened in 1867 but has been closed to the public since 1994.

  9. Cheltenham crash: Emergency services update

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    Emergency crews have been attending a bus crash on Deep Street in Cheltenham.

    The police have said there were no serious injuries and it was unclear how or why the crash had happened.

    A spokesman for the South Western Ambulance Service told the BBC that the service was called to the incident at 18:08 and it sent multiple resources, including rapid response vehicles, the Hazardous Area Response Team, road ambulances and air ambulance.

    There were a total of four injured people - two of which were taken to hospital.

    The coach company, Marchants, said the vehicle involved was the 18:30 BST service from Cheltenham to Winchcombe.

  10. Cotswold mockumentary commissioned for third series

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    Video caption: Watch: A clip from This Country

    A TV comedy based in the Cotswolds will return for a third series and a one-off documentary, the BBC has announced.

    This Country documents the life of young cousins Kerry and Kurtan Mucklowe and is written, and stars, siblings Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper.

    The six-part series will go into production next year for BBC Three and the 40-minute programme will be filmed over the summer.