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<TEXT>A group of Weston businesspeople who got together to save the Tropicana - say comments made by the council about no plans and no money - are rubbish!

North Somerset council want to demolish the old swimming pool...but agreed to meet with Trop Ltd on Friday to discuss their plans to save it.

Afterwards councillors claimed the group were just a 'talking shop'

Derek Mead from the group say they do have proposals tho:

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<TEXT>The captain of the cruise liner that capsized off Italy has been placed under house arrest.

He's accused of manslaughter, abandoning his ship and causing a shipwreck but denies all the charges.

23 people are still missing.
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<Slug>wiki 8</Slug>
<TEXT>A protest by Wikipedia's owners against planned new anti-piracy laws in the US has started.

The English version of the site will be off-line for the entire day.
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<Slug>GRIT 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Gritters have been sent out just in Somerset just a fraction of the times they needed to be a year ago.

It's because we've had such a mild winter and the County Council says they've only used a thousand tonnes of salt rather than nine thousand which they did last year.

It means if bad weather does arrive they've got plenty of stock for gritting.
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<Slug>bridget 8</Slug>
<TEXT>Filming on the third Bridget Jones film will get underway this spring - according to Jim Broadbent who plays Bridget's Dad.

The third installment of the series, called Bridget Jones' Baby, will see Renee Zellweger reprise her role as the lead character.
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