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Woman dies after driving wrong way on M5

A young woman has died after driving in the wrong direction on the Southbound carriageway of the M5.

She joined the motorway around 12:30am heading from Weston-super-Mare towards Clevedon before colliding with two vehicles. She died at the scene.

The road remained closed for much of the morning while emergency services dealt with the incident.

All lanes are now open but traffic is still moving slowly.

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Photos from the Gloucester Tall Ships Festival

The bi-annual Tall Ships Festival is taking place in Gloucester this weekend.

Around 100,000 people are expected to visit the docks over the next few days.

Here's some photos from the first day of the event:

Tall ship waiting at Monk Meadow on the Sharpness Gloucester canal, before being allowed to berth in Gloucester docks. Credit: ITV News West Country
"Captain Jack Sparrow" waiting to board. Credit: ITV News West Country
On board and heading down the canal to Gloucester docks. Credit: ITV News West Country
People dressed as Victorians entertain the crowds. Credit: ITV News West Country
Looking across the docks to the replica of John Cabot's The Matthew. Credit: ITV News West Country

If you're heading to the festival over the weekend, we'd like to see your photographs.

Email them to: westcountry@itv.com

Vintage printing press to print festival newspaper

The Glastonbury Festival is just over a month away.

This year, a free daily newspaper will be printed on site, to report on the antics of artists like the Rolling Stones. The press on which it'll be printed is almost as old as Mick Jagger himself - a five ton vintage machine, currently being prepared in a workshop in Bath.

Bob Cruwys went to see it:

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