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<Slug>002 INSURANCE STARLING</Slug>
<TEXT>(House of Commons Transport Committee)

Car insurance companies are being told to be tougher on people trying to claim
for whiplash.

A group of MPs has found the sharp increase in premiums is largely down to
massive amounts being paid out for minor accidents.

It's also criticising companies for selling customers' details to so-called
ambulance chasers.

Nick Starling from the Association of British Insurers admits there's a
problem.

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OUT WORDS: EXCESSIVE CLAIMS
Duration: 13"]


[Total 00:38]
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<Slug>MOTORWAY 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Drivers are set to face delays as an eighty-eight million pound scheme to ease congestion on the M4 the other side of Bristol gets underway tonight.

There'll be overnight closures and lower speed limits between junctions 19 and 22 for the next few months - but the hard shoulder will be open as an extra lane there and on the M5 between Junctions 15 and 17.
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<TEXT>RBS has announced it's axing 3-thousand-500 jobs in its investment banking division.

The taxpayer-backed bank will make the cuts over the next three years.
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<Slug>ROCK 1</Slug>
<TEXT>A rock school for kids opens at Nailsea School today..

The Rock project will teach 7 to 18 year olds how to play instruments like the guitar, drums and bass...and students are encouraged to form their own bands...

They'll do a bunch of gigs including one in London in October - where there's the chance to get signed to a record lable.
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<Slug>cbb 8</Slug>
<TEXT>Andrew Stone has become the first contestant to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.

The Pineapple Dance Studios star said he'd had an "amazing" time in the house.

He was up against 26-year-old underwear model Georgia Salpa.

The next eviction will take place tomorrow.
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