The 6ft 7in back Matt Banahan will join Gloucester from West Country rivals Bath at the end of the season.

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Figures obtained by the BBC show there's a huge variation between hospitals in the West when it comes to vacancies for doctors.

Weston General has closed its Accident and Emergency department at night because of a shortage of staff.

According to these latest figures, the hospital needs to find 44 doctors - that's a vacancy rate of 13 percent.

Elsewhere in the region:

• Southmead, University Hospitals Bristol and the Royal United Hospital all have vacancy rates of one percent or less
• Yeovil hospital is short by about 11 doctors, which is a vacancy rate of five per cent
• Taunton's Musgrove Park needs to find 33 doctors - a vacancy rate of over six percent
• Swindon's Great Western has a seven percent vacancy rate
• The two main hospitals in Gloucestershire need to find 66 doctors between them - which is an eight percent vacancy rate

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A 10-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog at a property in Bristol, police say.

An investigation is under way into the incident at Britton Gardens on Monday.

A 28-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with the incident and released under investigation.

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Doctors from Somerset visit India to help fill vacancies in areas such as emergency medicine.

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It comes after local organisations told BBC Radio Bristol last week that the number of rough sleepers was on the increase, whilst there's no emergency night shelter available in North Somerset.

North Somerset Council says in collabaration with the St Mungos charity, it is currently in the process of setting up a new partnership group which will explore the option of a night shelter in the town.

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Sussex has a brand new piece of outdoor art.

The Angel of Brighton was painted on a wall in the city's North Laine by artist Cosmo Sarson.

He mixed four kilograms of gold glitter into paint for the three-storey high mural.

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Cosmo also painted the famous Breakdancing Jesus mural in Bristol.

Figures show there's a huge variation between hospitals in the West when it comes to doctor vacancies.

Weston General has been forced to close its A&E at night because of staff shortages

Now health chiefs in Somerset are casting the net further afield - to India.

BBC West Health Correspondent Matthew Hill joined them on their latest recruitment drive.

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Four women in Yatton have reported sexual assaults in the last two days, police say.

Because the assaults all happened within a short space of time and are in a close locality, officers believe they may be linked.

PC Adam Clarke says the description of the attacker is similar in each case too.

Dr Ding Dong entertains children in Bath's Royal United Hospital.

Here are some of the stories making the headlines on BBC local radio this morning:

BBC Radio Gloucestershire: Wreckage from a plane that crashed near Tewkesbury has been removed by investigators.

BBC Radio Bristol: Bristol City fans are digesting the result of last nights first leg of the semi final of the EFL cup against Manchester City.

BBC Somerset: Junior doctors from India could be the key to ease the pressure on the NHS here in Somerset.

BBC Wiltshire: Swindon taxi drivers have accused the police of not caring about a spate of break-ins to their vehicles.

Bristol City held their own against Premiership giants Manchester City last night in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

It ended with a 2-1 defeat.

A record breaking away crowd made the journey to Manchester, and they were delighted with their team's performance.

A fault with the signalling system at Trowbridge is causing disruption to trains between Bath Spa, Chippenham and Westbury.

Services are expected to be cancelled, delayed by up to 45 minutes or revised.

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There are reduced train services in parts of the West due to strike action by the RMT union.

Services on South Western Trains are reduced and replacement bus service are running at many stations. .

Read more about today's strike action here.

Meanwhile, there are delays of up to 30 minutes on Great Western Railway services between Bath Spa and Westbury, and between Chippenham and Westbury, due to signalling problems

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) agreed changes to Dorset NHS hospital services in October.

Under the plans, Poole Hospital (pictured) will lose its A&E, maternity and paediatric services to Bournemouth, which will become the main emergency hospital, with Poole becoming a centre for planned treatment and operations.

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The CCG also agreed Dorset County Hospital should find ways to share its paediatric and maternity departments with Yeovil District Hospital in Somerset.

Changes to mental health acute care include the closure and relocation of beds at the Linden unit in Weymouth and the creation of extra inpatient beds at St Ann's Hospital in Poole and Forston Clinic near Dorchester.

Rejoice, it's going to be mostly dry on Wednesday with spells of sunshine.

Here's Alex Osborne with the weather forecast.

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