Weston-super-Mare beach concert announces line-up
The Summer Sets On The Beach concert in Weston-super-Mare has announced its first ever line-up of acts.
Couple not told about 'DNR' medical form
Family says they're furious after discovering a medical note in their mother's file instructing doctors NOT to resuscitate her.
CCTV fitted after visitor tries to steal stingray
Aquarium staff have installed CCTV after they say a visitor attempted to make off with a stingray in Weston-super-Mare.
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Pier "prime candidate for heritage funding" - Vaizey
UK culture minister Ed Vaizey says government money is available to improve heritage sites such as the crumbling Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare:
A tale of two piers
The dilapidated Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare is in the shadow of the recently improved Grand Pier:
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'We are fed up with waiting' says Weston's MP
Campaigners fighting to save Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare have issued a fresh warning that it's in danger of collapse.
The town's MP, John Penrose, says lottery money could be used to fund its redevelopment:
Campaign to save Birnbeck Pier
Campaigners fighting to save Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare have issued a fresh warning that it's in danger of collapse.
The Victorian structure has been derelict for 20 years and now the Heritage Minister has hinted it may be eligible for lottery money.
A developer who's buying the Grade Two listed pier is in talks with the council about plans for a hotel and apartments.
ET, Jaws and King Kong take over Weston beach
ET is just one of the stars at Weston-super-Mare's Sand Sculpture Festival. Sculptors from across the world descended on the resort to create a series of characters on a Hollywood theme.
See how many you can spot in this video clip.
Hollywood comes to Weston-super-Mare
More than 20 sand sculptors from across the globe have been busy transforming part of the beach at Weston-super-Mare into a little bit of Hollywood.
The festival opens tomorrow but here are a few of the creations.
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Ex-smokers set light to '£150,000'
To mark No Smoking Day, a couple from Weston-super-Mare will be setting fire to a cheque for £150,000 on Uphill beach.
Ex-smokers Jerry Baker and Helen Wyatt want to represent how much money they've lost as a result of smoking for 30 years.
They were heavy smokers until they received help from NHS North Somerset.
Former Weston-super-Mare headteacher faces professional conduct panel
A former headteacher could be banned from the profession after one of his teachers was jailed for sexually abusing pupils in Weston-super-Mare.
An inquiry found teacher Nigel Leat was allowed to carry out attacks on his students at Hillside First School. Former headteacher Chris Hood is due to appear before a professional conduct panel today.
£12,000 bicycles theft in Weston-super-Mare
Bicycles said to be worth £12,000 have been stolen from a home in Weston-super-Mare. The four bikes were taken from an outbuilding at a home in Worlebury Hill Road. One is a Ridley Dean time trial bike with Campagnolo Boro wheels which is valued at £5,000. It's one of only 25 in the country.
The three others are a Trek Fuel Ex 9.9 mountain bike, a Giant Anthem X2 Mountain Bike (large size) and a Giant Anthem X4 Mountain Bike (medium build). Police say the bikes are very distinctive and they hope someone will recognise them.
Energy Minister casts doubt over Severn barrage
A government minister has cast doubt on whether the proposed Severn barrage should go ahead.
A private consortium wants to build a £25 billion barrage between Weston-super-Mare and Cardiff, though it would require government support.
Hafren Power claims it could generate 5% of the country's energy from the tidal power harnessed.
But today the Energy Minister Greg Barker MP told MPs more work needed to be done to establish the costs and impact it would have on wildlife and the port of Bristol.
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