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Weston-super-Mare car park scandal 'the worst deal any council has ever signed'

Weston-super-Mare car park scandal 'the worst deal any council has ever signed'

The multi-storey is currently losing the council about a quarter of a million pounds a year - and it is locke…

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Under investigation MP Dan Norris voting on laws by proxy

Under investigation MP Dan Norris voting on laws by proxy

The MP was arrested in April and an investigation remains ongoing

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Staff walk out at Hinkley Point C over alleged 'bullying'

Staff walk out at Hinkley Point C over alleged 'bullying'

"This bullying has been going on for far too long."

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Who was the man in the beans mask next to Jacob Rees-Mogg?

Who was the man in the beans mask next to Jacob Rees-Mogg?

Meet the man who wanted to introduce a statutory brunch hour

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Video: A strange new thing has appeared next to Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare

Video: A strange new thing has appeared next to Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare

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Pro-Israel lawyers put 'shocking' legal pressure on Bristol council

Pro-Israel lawyers put 'shocking' legal pressure on Bristol council

'It is shocking and extremely disproportionate for a pressure group to attempt to interfere with the democrat…

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Apology issued as hundreds queue in seaside town on hottest day for unusual reason

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People with falling-apart red recycling bags have faced hour-long queues to get a replacement on the UK's hottest day of the year. North Somerset Council introduced red bags for household plastic and metal recycling last year, but they quickly began turning white and disintegrating if left in the sun. The council has ordered 88,000 replacements believed not to suffer the same "defect in production" and is replacing all affected bags.
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Town unites as shopkeeper with cancer loses court battle against parking fees

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By John Wimperis Verified
| Yahoo News UK Verified
A shopkeeper who fought his town's new parking charges while also battling cancer is "overwhelmed and quite humbled" after people raised £10k towards his legal costs. Daniel Adams, who runs Stationery House in Clevedon, took North Somerset Council to the High Court in a bid to reverse the town's controversial new parking charges.
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Ponds at popular beauty spot dry up amid drought and heatwaves

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Contractors have been appointed to repair Bath's dried-up duck ponds so that they can be filled with water once again. The large duck pond in Royal Victoria Park has been drying up in the summer, with climate change blamed by the council. The water supply to the pond was removed years ago and it now relies on rainwater to fill it — but the hot, dry summers of recent years mean it has been drying out instead.
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