And it's I'm in a bit bigger but. On a personal note you know when I mean it's really good for the people involved but I'm very disappointed about all these people who've given up smoking because I've got a lovely but a ham that needed doing and I was looking for someone to help and they were like It's 9 o'clock Good morning we are here until midday and as you've been hearing today marks 100 years since legislation was passed letting some women vote now the 1st part of a list of 100 female pioneers has been released but maybe you yourself were a female pioneer or maybe you got a relative who made their mark in what at that point was thought of as a man's world did you or did one of your relatives change female stereotypes is the great line that they cannot came up with were you a glass ceiling smash up your county your station. B.b.c. You some it. Gives a ringing drop as a text or email we would love to hear from you if you were right 9 o one let's get a news update now here's Emma Rushton a final decision will be made later about whether to continue the closure of beds at 3 community hospitals in Somerset the implication wards charge shop to manage and cope that certainly could have been close since the all time with the trust which runs them blaming staffing shortages now is recommending that a temporary closure continues despite feedback from a consultation Eva Well mainly calling for the beds to be reopened Nicolson lives in Chapter mallets and has complained against the closure of its impatience wards he says he's disappointed with the latest recommendation we understand then there is a desperate need for some of what we don't agree with is. To close a completely working fully staffed hospital to prop up hospitals that won't really stung so much that partnership and h.s. Foundation Trust says it won't be commenting until after a final decision is taken at a board meeting later shares in London and across Europe fell steeply when markets opened this morning triggered by. Big falls in the United States the 1st c. $100.00 index crash by more than $230.00 points or 3 and a half percent but has since picked up share prices also plunged on the Asian markets and last night the Dow Jones closed down more than 1100 points the biggest one day point's fall in history Jane Signum from the investment management firm Rathbone's explains what's behind the global turmoil this is really in response to a jobs report last week which kind of indicated that wages were rising a bit faster than everybody was expecting and the implication from that is that interest rates have to rise faster too which stock markets really don't like so in the last 15 months we've had no more than a 3 percent correction in stock markets which is very very unusual and Somerset 4 year old is on the mend after being flown to the United States for pioneering heart surgery to remove a Cheema pretty violent as family have described his progress as a miracle Mr Perry is a heart surgeon at Bristol Children's Hospital he flew to the hospital in Boston to observe the surgery point again was that there was to learn the technique learn. All the the little details which make it an operation that can go successfully and then to bring them back here so that we can look after other little ones who have the same sort of tumour that Freddie had and we can look after them a term they don't have to go abroad and Lady from child who became the 1st female cabinet minister in Britain has been named one of the most influential women in the country Margaret bonfils campaign tirelessly for equal rights and pay today she's been named on the list of 100 female client is celebrating women who've made a difference on the 100th anniversary of some women being given the values and reader is from the women's local government society which put together the list she says it's taken a long time since Margaret for things to improve in parliaments between 129-1997 there were only 10 women who had served in cabinet and then in 1900 that there were 5 just didn't want cabinet in that year since there were phone or ball women who are playing that role if we have a woman prime minister again. Cricket clubs captain says he hopes a trip to Mumbai to train will be a great learning experience for a group of academy players really for the city today the squad including 7 young players and club staff are taking part in a 10 day training course in India Tom able to hold b.b.c. Somerset it's a great opportunity I think we have a hugely talented sort of crop of young players you know lark are seeing our calumny players of an auction and it's great to be a part of that and I think you're seeing sort of the benefits of you know such an investment in our younger players and all our economy trips like this going to India is you know it's something that very few young cricketers will get to do the accent he played Frazier's father in the popular us sit com John Mahoney has died in Chicago at the age of 77 he was famous as Martin Crane a grumpy retired police officer I look at the weather while a cold and cloudy morning with the possibility of light flakes of snow at times and perhaps a. General period of light snow during this afternoon highs of just 3 degrees Celsius that's 37 degrees Fahrenheit b.b.c. Somerset means it's 5 minutes past 9. Travel. So here's the thing I did. Read in the news. On a reverie word. And then I dropped the jar of coffee grains everywhere. Tom to clean all of this so. Badly doing that. Just got back into the weather so we're going to pick up the granules and. I am covered in cold coffee everywhere this morning. Thank you so here is the traffic jam news you need Britain has been named the top 10 most gridlocked countries in the world with. 31 year stuck in traffic and that costs as an average driver $1168.00 pounds a year in feel. So we are asking you this morning for your songs to go traffic jam some good ones coming through Twitter we've got. A good much Forgotten Song Rick suggested stuck in the middle. For jammin. Suggestions include for a. Madness. Network or anything by the jam all of them work at a treat but I'm sure you have better suggestions 234-530-3156 extension 6 songs to go with traffic jams please you can take. Your message with the word Somerset or you can email Somerset. And while you're there what's the worst traffic jam you ever found yourself in. Sleeping on a motorway that wasn't moving at all and was it possibly a snow related incident speak in a way to keep an eye on the skies while you're there anything for you would like to know please. From. 7 the. You know that would. Nothing that should change the world. Thank you very much to Eric who is the secretary of the. Just. And a work from ship to Mallett and it's snowing all Froome road heading towards wells very light but snowing this is air I'm sorry there's me saying Eric. Which. Is the secretary of the wells golf clubs or thank you very much for getting in touch with us that's the latest news that we have there it is a bit of snow there all from road heading towards wells we also have an update here which is coming in from Margaret in Croke I'm that it's snowing on the contacts as well so if there is any snow where you are at any point during the next couple of hours then do please let us know particularly if it's causing gridlock because you know it's not yanked out for 4 bits and the next thing you know the cars aren't going anywhere so we're on the phones on the text on the e-mail with your snow updates if you wouldn't mind please we are also this morning looking for your inspiring women 100 female pioneers list has been released one of the people on it is a woman from charge who in 1929 became Britain's 1st female cabinet minister So we're interested to know who do you consider to be a female pioneer were you or one of your relatives one of them did they make their mark in what was at that point still thought of as a man's world we'd love to know your stories please I know 344-303-1566 you can text one trouble 3 Start your message with the word Somerset or you could email Somerset at b.b.c. Don't go don't you k. And there is some interesting research out today the forces society is the U.K.'s leading charity that complains for gender equality and women's rights and they've done a study. That says that 37 percent of people believe they will live they they won't live to see. Writing on 30 some percent of people will believe they will live to see agenda equal parliaments Ok that means that 63 percent of people don't think they're going. So you know that's quite a disappointing result from that. The women's representation is better for all politics for the people saying that women might be more relevant so we're going to be talking to this who is the chief executive over the forces about this. Sort of. Some women 1st got the right to vote but definitely if in your world. Is a female pioneer maybe it might be. A woman doing that job then we would love to have a call drop of the text. And tell us your story if you were a glass that's the phrase. Guy. Asked a camera and somewhere in my house it's b.b.c. Somerset It's 19 minutes past 9 it's Tuesday morning thank you for choosing to spend your choose Stay with us so here's what's making news in the papers this morning and. It's all that breaks it again there are calls for greater government clarity of outbreaks it never is being policed that we were told yesterday that the u.k. Will definitely leave the Customs Union the Guardian describes the decision as a door which has been slammed firmly shut the sun argues that no reasonable interpretation of BRICs it could keep a tally to the Brussels rules and it would hang the handicap any new independent trade policy but the Daily Mirror fears for the prospect of job destroying trade barriers with our biggest markets norm Breck's it stuff and Donald Trump has come in for a bit of criticism for his comment that the n.h.s. He's going broke and not working he's blundered again says the mirror office truly is their line in the sun how The Times points out that Mr Trump's views are probably inspired by comments made on American television by Nigel for Raj apparently people defending the n.h.s. On social media were freaking out to find themselves in agreements with the strong attack on the president made by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt That's an interesting well that in the Times this morning pointed out that scientific studies are rarely able to demonstrate a direct link between what happens in films and the behavior of the people who watch them but apparently research is in the us have done just that an offender on the release of the hugely successful Fast and Furious films there were faster driving incident spike people stopped for speeding same number of people broke the law but there was a clear increase in the average speed of the offenders and the member on the research tells the paper he does like films but watches them at home rather than presumably in a speeding car and finally if spiders turn you a little bit funny. In the Guardian there is a report that follows a discovery in Maya ma of beautifully preserved remains of proto spiders. Tales longer than their bodies which the scientists think they switched from side to side to detect predators and possibly to detect prey the mirror reckons that the prehistoric creatures lived around 100000000 years ago and as spiders they also stung like Scorpions one researcher thinks that their descendants might still civil life could be in some remote rainforest somewhere so if you know the a little spider popping up in your bathtub turns you into a quivering wreck top tip this morning don't go to any rainforest sky wood from a 60 foot deep pool of frozen. Rotates horizontally $1260.00 degrees 30 feet above and below us if. He. Is just another day at the office the fearless in the winter. Starts right across the b.b.c. . Came in the b.b.c. Sound. Me. And. Me. And. Me. Being get. Used to be when we were. And. Before. So. Adele at hello it's 926 Good morning it's Tuesday and we are going to do the songs to go with the news this morning that Britain has been one of the top 10 most gridlocked countries in the world with a motorist getting stuck 31 hours a year in peak time traffic thanks for all the song suggestions that have come through we'll do our musical mentally in a couple of minutes time after the travel news coincidentally but he is the stories in the papers that matter pass you by this morning a company is has released what it claims to be non-slip soap Tetra soap has a unique shape with prongs that makes it great when where it's the designer this is a fella called mac said so Spain are 5000 year history a day to day product but Tetra soap is there which means that you can grab it when you need it and it works slip away which means you can't even eat we've all been in that situation where you've planted gone for this open and it's shot through butter Well there you go so new non-slip So now available mindfulness meditation may be no better at making people gentler or kinder than watching a David Attenborough documentary research suggests advocates of the fashionable techniques are they foster serenity by helping people concentrate on the present but scientists examined 22 trials of methods and found no convincing evidence that they promoted open mind fullness or empathy so. Don't worry about doing meditation just shove them blue planet instead works a treat came wild the singer says she feels she could be abducted by aliens super fans after a close encounter with a u.f.o. In a back garden the 1900 chart topping favorite when she saw a spaceship hovering near her home several years ago and he still worried that it's going to come back she said quote All the people witnessed it it made the local papers and now I'm worried they're going to come back to take me away says Kim. Also inside the papers this morning that I love this story alone a driver used a Bluetooth headset connected to a mobile phone to cheat him to driving test however still didn't manage to pass. You've got to love that probably went to a service so the instructions didn't come through therefore failed the test which is kind of love it and not only is it ever wrong to laugh at failure however paralegals make us feel better about things elsewhere inside the papers is a good one for you here so p. Brits are expected to blow at least 23200000000 pounds on Valentine's gifts next week for their pets half of those polled confessed they would not buy anything for their partner just their pet 14 percent said they prefer their their pet to the human might 4 in 10 are going to fork out a 30 quid on February 14th for a gift for their animal top 5 toys and gifts for dogs and cats include a snack. A toy a bowl or bind a mistake or a fish dinner or even a jumper Well it is quite common in pet food for surveyed a 1000 owners and came up with this list on e. Coli you got to wonder I mean you could say you know is there that much difference between the you know your other off the one you love and the pair of them laces around almost so for a while Dave barely doing anything only wanting to be fed and leaving him everywhere and the other one is the dog. Travel. That coming in Iraq from Sarah cannot yet thank you remember it's morning is on the m 5 a stop on the camera to a is currently closed ranks in fact that's all down to a fix their vehicle collision happened early this morning is causing a lot of delays of congestion Shechem might back to junction and 11 for Gloucester i have happened and at the junction is south of traffic is pretty nigh batted off the May 20 and up over the other side of the junction of the m 5000 pound and. Currently it's also affecting the northbound 5 as well this morning of people slowing down to look at the collision over on the other 5 Be aware of elsewhere busy around Walton as well with morning that Stuti a fair Main Street being closed for those resurfacing racks is closed in both directions Sheen Whitley road and street traffic is being diverted along. So that full stretch again looking very heavy this morning every heavy also for the $35810.00 late and also just up from there on the black roundabout for turning off the m 5 heading in towards turn turn back as well for Bridgewater Maine on Bristol Road just across my Falls and also a long road heading on to the Broadway this morning that I am 5 and the 8 free free free the county itself all looking Ok for now this morning and every 345-1566. She had to charge across Somerset travel you can trust b.b.c. Somerset. To Cerro So snow news just in and I called in and brindle reckon that they have had a small amount of snow Ayn Rand's stock and Sarah is sitting in the Tesco all balled in ship tamale mallets and says we got a few snow flurries so you are on snow patrol this morning if you spot anything want falling out of this gone we would like to know the weather plan for today cold and cloudy morning like flakes of snow at times then perhaps a more general period of light snow during the early afternoon very cold everywhere with a top temperature of 3 Celsius 37 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning b.b.c. Somerset. So we have been asking for your songs to go with traffic jams thanks to the news that we spend 31 hours a year stuck in traffic jams and our time and the cost of fuel 1001 $168.00 pounds each is what we're paying for the privilege of being stuck in those traffic jams so some really good songs. Coming through thanks to everyone who's got in touch patent Paul impairments road rage by catatonia or anything by the jam like it doles featuring Will I Am and the song beep suggested by g.l. Income each Jeff in cheder you ain't going nowhere by The Byrds Roger the farm 1st of all on your medley is jammin by Bob Marley and the wireless Thank you Roger Glastonbury road to hell by Chris Rhea James has suggested AC d.c. Highway to Hell and sparks takes to drink right now with the talking heads road to nowhere team this is Tim sands in Taunton always comes through with a good suggestion he was expecting me to do suffragettes as the musical theme today but he's come up with always question in the same car by David Bowie and traffic jam by sailor and King of the curb by Echo belly and caused by Gary Numan So lots of good suggestions she we should we do the medley then Ok we can see something I was dealing in this weekend reshuffles you know deviancy I talk to records on the floor at one point which is a good job because I think I was at the park you were every answer c.j. Vasily. The same way that. To say. To. People. Oh you. Regularly use a. Woman on b.b.c. Sunset. Rush richer than me and she did the song medley then yes let's see we go. I think maybe 3. Things. Wow wow wow. Yes. Yes. Yes. What we could apply. That would put food in it all to do with traffic jams Yeah pull up to the bunk bumper by grace judge Jamey in bold the road to nowhere the talking heads ride to hell by Chris Rhea Richard. Because we're not going anywhere and out road rage from catatonia Well one thing does lead to another one and then rush from Jane Wiedlin thank you for your suggestions will do another one sighting telling tomorrow morning meanwhile my. Sure we get the. General knowledge. You go 345-303-1566 is the number to ring if you want to play clash of the can. You do you give us a call we put you on the list and then we fade into a computer. And then randomly selected to play the lawyer. If that's you well actually 10 general knowledge questions if you get 3 of them right then you will win the new and exclusive clash of the county it's a mug. And if you get the end of the week there's also digital radio to be as well these are money. 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