内容摘要："However, friends and family were concerned about the effect of her relationship with the defendant."

"However, friends and family were concerned about the effect of her relationship with the defendant."

But Mr Lockwood, who has chronicled his story in Ten Drunks and a Parson - the Life and Times of Ted Peate, told the BBC he could not find "any evidence that Ted actually committed any serious outrage".He said: "I'm not so sure he was the drunk that he's often portrayed as."

Peate died from pneumonia at the age of 45 in 1900.Mr Lockwood said after writing the biography: "I thought, 'I've enjoyed writing about you so much I owe you a gravestone'."He hopes to raise between £1,500 and £2,000 for the memorial to Peate, saying the cricketer's family could not not afford to buy him one all those years ago.

Mr Lockwood said: "I just want to bring him back into public focus."If I make any royalties on the book I will be donating them to the campaign.

"I'm determined, one way or another Ted will have his gravestone."

A county's social workers who work with children and people with mental health issues have been highlighted as "shining examples" of the profession.A trial date is yet to be set.

Thousands of cannabis plants have been seized after an operation by police forces across the South West.Officers from Avon and Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset and the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit were involved in Operation Mille.

The scheme, which included almost 40 arrests, was aimed at tackling the growing threat of organised crime groups and their involvement in the illegal drug supply chain.Avon and Somerset Police acting Det Ch Insp, Matthew Lloyd, said the operation demonstrated what can be achieved "when police forces take a united stand".