Daisy may be one of the youngest litter pickers in Bristol.

Every week she walks along Concorde Way, with her grandmother, collecting rubbish they find on the ground.

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Hospital bosses in Gloucestershire are meeting to decide whether to set up a private company to employ 750 members of staff including caterers, cleaners and porters.

Unions are concerned it's a first step towards privatisation and that it will drive down pay and conditions.

The trust which runs the hospital says the subsidiary company would save money by reducing tax payments.

It adds staff pay and pension rights will be protected.

Somerset re-sign New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson for the entirety of this season's T20 Blast.

With the temperatures below freezing, here are five handy hints for driving in snow and ice.

Frank Bird from Highways England has offered the advice.

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Wiltshire Police have appointed a new temporary Assistant Chief Constable.

Craig Holden is the third senior manager to be appointed, alongside Temporary Chief Constable Kier Pritchard and Temporary Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills.

He has been with Wiltshire Police since 2000 working in roles including CID, covert operations, organised crime investigation and intelligence.

This year's Stroud Fringe Festival has been cancelled.

Organisers say it will take a break in 2018 to have a "fallow year" and allow them to plan for 2019 and "the long-term success of the festival".

They added that finding funding had become "increasingly difficult" and that one of their major commercial sponsors has decided not to support the festival this year.

Last year a record 25,000 people attended the annual three-day festival of music, theatre and performing arts.

This year's event, due to have taken place at the end of August, would have marked its 22nd anniversary.

Critically-ill children in Wales faced long waits for specialist ambulances, according to official data.

Transfers from district hospitals in mid, south and west Wales to intensive care are done by a team in Bristol.

In 2016, 29% of its transfers took longer than the target of three hours to get to the patient's bedside - compared to a UK average of 15%.

Yasmin Morris' son Theo, who is now aged two, had to use the service when he was three months old to get from Cardiff to Bristol for heart surgery.

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Half of rough sleepers in Bristol are not using emergency shelters on offer, according to homelessness charity St Mungos.

Last week Bristol City Council activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol which meant more beds would be made available.

The charity says an extra 60 night shelter spaces have opened up since then, on top of the existing 77 beds over the winter.

However, at its peak so far, only 60 people have made use of a provided bed.

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Work to repair a 19th Century former bridge tollhouse in Bath, which was destroyed by a car crash last summer, has been delayed.

The Grade II*-listed building on Cleveland Bridge sustained "significant" damage when it was hit.

Two weeks of repair works were due to start on Monday but have been pushed back to 19th March following advice from the contractors who say the mortar will not set properly in temperatures below 5C.

When the work begins, temporary two-way traffic signals will be in operation on the bridge.

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

BBC Radio Bristol: The Severe Weather Team in Bristol will meet this morning to discuss supporting vulnerable people with the help they need.

BBC Wiltshire: Police have carried out a major emergency training exercise in Swindon overnight.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire: Hundreds of NHS support staff in Gloucestershire could be taken off the NHS's books to try to save money.

BBC Somerset: Extra salt has been brought in to help the roads cope with freezing temperatures and snow over the next couple of days.

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A major training exercise for the emergency services has taken place in Swindon.

The exercise happened at the Brunel Shopping Centre with a number of different organisations testing their response to a major incident.

Wiltshire Police said "it is one of many exercises held across the country and is not in response to any specific threat".

It's going to be another bitterly cold day, but we should get some sunshine.

Hibo Wadere was a victim of female genital mutilation and talks about her experience.

Extraordinarily low temperatures, freezing rain and biting winds are in prospect for Thursday and Friday - and the chill begins tonight.

There will be a few snow flurries but most areas will be free of the white stuff.

The bad news is it will feel more like -11 when you get up tomorrow morning. You'll be lucky to see any area in the West get above freezing during the day, before wind chill will make it feel bitterly cold by the evening.

Ian Fergusson warns: plan ahead:

"Multiple" accidents caused by the freezing weather have closed roads in Clevedon and Clapton in Gordano this evening.

Police say Kenn Road and Davis Lane Clevedon, as well as Caswell Hill Clapton in Gordano, are all closed following collisions.

Local diversions are likely to remain in place throughout the night.

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