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<TEXT>Hundreds of public sector workers from North Somerset are marching through Bristol right now - to protest against planned changes to pensions.

Among those striking today are council workers...immigration officials..nurses and teachers - which has meant nearly 50 schools in North Somerset have had to shut today.

They're angry at having to pay more into their funds and work for longer.

Nancy is a teacher from Worle - she says the strike is about the long-term, not just today:

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Libraries in Weston, Banwell and Nailsea are shut today and there could be a few problems at Bristol Airport..

The Chancellor George Osbourne maintains the government's proposing a decent pensions deal though - and says they this strike by public sector workers is futile and won't achieve anything...

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<TEXT>Tony Blair's former press secretary Alaistair Campbell has accused the tabloid press of being "putrid".

He's told the Leveson inquiry into standards in the media that papers are struggling to keep up with the immediacy of news in the age of Twitter.
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<TEXT>A drug-dealer from Burnham - has been ordered to pay back more than 2 thousand pounds he made from his crimes...

Eric Freeman who's 47 was jailed for a year in September...after he was caught with loads of amphetamine and weighing scales.

If he doesn't stump up the cash - he could face more jail time.
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<TEXT>A 31-year-old woman has been arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

Bethany Usher is a former reporter at the News of the World, and now lectures in journalism on Teesside.
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<TEXT>Little Mix have revealed they want to duet with their mentor Tulisa if they get to the X factor final. 

The girls are favourites to win the competition.
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