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<TEXT>The price of petrol has risen to a new high of 1-pound 42 pence per litre.

A family with two cars is now paying just over 20 pounds a week more at the
pump than they were at the start of the year - as Kevin Gover reports:

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<TEXT>Meanwhile Fresh talks aimed at averting strikes by fuel tanker drivers are to begin on Monday.

It comes after drivers rejected a proposed deal with employers over terms and conditions, and health and safety
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<TEXT>Vandalism of children's playgrounds in Weston has got so frequent that North Somerset Council have had to hire security guards in the school holidays.

The swings at Weston Woods were set on fire in the most recent attack last week, while equipment at The Glade has also been damaged in recent weeks.

The council say it's cost around 8 thousand pounds to sort it out - money which could have been spent elsewhere..
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<TEXT>Formula one bosses are under pressure to cancel the Bahrain Grand Prix - with practice due to start in the next hour.

There were violent clashes in the capital Manama last night, while members of the Force India team have left the country after a petrol bomb incident.
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<TEXT>A road in Weston - shut when a 2 foot wide hole suddenly appeared in the tarmac - has re-opened after almost a month..

The part of Walliscote Road that collapsed has been temporarily reinforced - while an investigation's still ongoing to find out what happened.
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