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<TEXT>Unions are reacting angrily to plans to make it easier to sack bad teachers.

Just 17 have lost their jobs for incompetence in England in a decade.

The government's going to speed up the sacking process schools have to go through.
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<Slug>reward 10</Slug>
<TEXT>A ten thousand pound reward's being offered for information leading to the capture of whoever killed a couple in Birmingham.

Post mortems on the bodies of Avtar and Carole Kolar are due to be completed today.
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<Slug>cameron 9</Slug>
<TEXT>David Cameron seems to be making another policy u-turn.

The Prime Minister says he may have to scale back plans to reform child benefit, which would see it taken away from families with one big earner.

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Meanwhile the PM's arrived in Saudi Arabia on his first visit to the country since he became PM.
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<Slug>BUS 1</Slug>
<TEXT>Today's the final chance to have your say on the future of Somerset's bus services.

The County Council needs to make savings - and it's feared 35 routes across the area will be lost, isolating disabled and elderly people.

A public consultation comes to an end today.
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<Slug>028 BACON VOX</Slug>
<TEXT>(Voxed in Bristol)

Two rashers of bacon could make you 20 percent more likely to get one of the
most deadly cancers.

That's according to experts who've been studying the link between processed
meats and pancreatic cancer.

These people are shocked.

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<Slug>GAMES 1</Slug>
<TEXT>A Bridgwater bobsleigher is among the 23 athletes who'll represent Great Britain at the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games, which start today.

Oliver Biddulph - who turned 19 yesterday - will be part of the squad competing at Innsbruck in Austria for the next ten days.
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<Slug>brit 9</Slug>
<TEXT>The Brit award nominations have been announced, and Ed Sheeran is up for 4 including best male and breakthrough artist.

Jessie J and Adele have got 3 nominations.
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