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<TEXT>More than a thousand members of the Royal Navy will find out later that they've
lost their jobs.

About a third of the redundancies will be compulsory.

Overall, the navy will cut its numbers by 5-thousand by 2015.

The losses are part of cutbacks across the forces as the Government attempts
to bring the defence budget under control.

Lord West, who used to be the First Sea Lord, says there will be
consequences:.

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<TEXT>Campaigners in nailsea say they'll carry on their battle to get a high voltage power line put underground.

Yesterday the National Grid announced the new cables would be installed on the existing pylons to the west of the village, rather than new ones being built to the east.

It was decided it was too expsenisve to bury the four hundred thousand volt cables.
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<TEXT>There'll be more police on the streets of Somerset from the New year.

Avon and Somerset Police say twenty-four new officers will join the front-line ranks from a pool of people already in the recruitment process before budget cuts hit.

The Force's Chief Constable says he wants services 'not only maintained but even enhanced in these financially challenging times'.
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<Slug>bins 9</Slug>
<TEXT>The government is to start paying councils in England to retain or restore their weekly bin collections. 

A quarter of a billion pounds is being given to local authorities to help them do more regular rounds.
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<Slug>jacko 9</Slug>
<TEXT>Michael Jackson's former bodyguard says he was told to hide the singer's medication BEFORE calling paramedics.

An court in LA's been hearing evidence in the trial of Dr Conrad Murray - who denies involuntary manslaughter.
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<TEXT>Children as young as 10 are to be shown pictures of Britney Spears and male models in their underwear...as part of a new body image lesson.

They'll be presented with the before and after" photos to teach them how the images are altered in the media.
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