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<TEXT>Preparation work is set to start on a controversial new nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point after compromises were reached with EDF Energy to reduce the impact on the local area.

Sedgemoor Council says nearly 90 conditions have been placed on the firm's proposals.

They include allowing the authority, as well as Somerset and West Somerset councils, a say on how a four million contribution from EDF is set aside for local housing, skills and training, IF the main build goes ahead.
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<TEXT>The winter weather means Somerset County Council’s 23 gritters are out this week salting the roads...

Temperatures are set to drop to minus 8 in some places over the next few nights...

Main roads and those leading to schools and hospitals will be treated using some of the 7,000 tonnes of salt stockpiled before the winter.
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<TEXT>(Note: he also speaks on the HMRC story)

Tax office workers are striking over the possible use of public sector staff
in their call centres.

It means today's self-assessment deadline has effectively been pushed back.

Normally you'd get an automatic 100 pound fine and some additional charges for
filing your return late.

But because of the strike, you have until tomorrow or Thursday.

Paul Franklin from HMRC says deadline day is always busy:

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<TEXT>Almost a quarter of children in the UK share a bedroom with a sibling.

Researchers have found that about a third of parents think their home is too small.

The number of kids sharing with a brother or sister rises to almost 2 in 5 among younger families.
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<Slug>us x 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger have been axed from the US X Factor.

The show's producers have announced they'll be replaced for the second series when it starts later this year.
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