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New hospital scheme aims to tackle bed blocking

The problem of elderly patients taking up beds in overcrowded hospitals is back on the agenda now that winter is approaching.

One hospital in Somerset is attempting to tackle the problem with a new scheme involving a nearby care home.

You can find out more on BBC Inside Out West on BBC One at 19:30 BST on Monday 9 October.

8 October 2017

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Woman gets first double lung transplant done by robot

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Manx capital sparkles at Christmas lights switch-on

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'I had the biggest smile on my face'

American tourists Bob and Tiffany Cumrin hope to visit the spectacular carnival once again.

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The volunteer-run scheme takes less-abled and vulnerable people on rides around Wells.

Sandra Handel on her last day at work at her salon in Highbridge. She is smiling at the camera and holding a hairdryer in one hand and a comb in the other. In the background are customers in chairs also smiling, and Sandra is standing over a customer with a grey towel wrapped around them

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The Great Bradley Bridge is being built across the River Barle between Tarr Steps and Withypool.

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Barber Leon Tooze looking at the camera with a comb and scissors

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An aerial shot of Ladye Bay near Clevedon showing the landslide area on the beach

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People are warned not to ignore signs keeping them away from a beach and coast path.

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Coastguard teams rescue an ice cream van that had been swept out to sea in Cornwall.

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Louis Tomlinson brings TV to Glastonbury to watch England

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Hundreds queue for roasts at Glastonbury Festival

The Sunday dinners sold out in just 55 minutes as people looked forward to a hot meal at a table.

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Sir Michael Eavis was slightly disappointed with the first-ever Glastonbury festival.

Man standing with newspaper in front of vintage printing machine.

The team behind Glastonbury's free newspaper

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