• Plan for more homes on RAF Locking site

  By patcrose

  When are they going to start producing thje promised jobs.More people communting to Bristol ? The M5...

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 24/05/12

  

  PLANS have been submitted for the second phase of a £400 million development on Weston-super-Mare's former RAF Locking site. Developer St Modwen and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have submitted plans to North Somerset Council for 150 homes at the development, known as Locking Parklands. The plans are part of a wider scheme to redevelop the 200 acre site which will see approximately 1,250 homes, around 650,000 sq ft of...

• Ship floated on sea of green jelly in a wave of artistic endeavour

  By shaun1964

  i hope the trust at ss great britain did not pay for this ridicolus waste of lime green jelly stuff.

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 19/05/12

  

  BRISTOL'S pride and joy the ss Great Britain was last night "floated" on a giant sea of neon lime green jelly as part of an exciting annual festival that explodes into life at night. Museums at Night is a festival of culture and heritage which comes into life on the weekend nearest to International Museums Day. Last night jelly art superstars Bompas & Parr boarded Brunel's masterpiece before flooding the glass...

• Ex-minister pressing for barrage

  By green_man

  I'm strongly in favour of making the best use of the renewable energy available due to the very...

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 15/05/12

  

  A HIGH-profile MP has said a barrage across the Severn Estuary would be a "win-win" for the area. Peter Hain has quit Labour's front bench to push for the £30 billion scheme to become a reality. The former Pensions Secretary told The Post it would be a shot in the arm for the economy and bring environmental benefits. He is backing proposals from a private consortium, called Corlan Hafren, which wants to harness tidal...

• Terrified girls rescued from roof as Weston flat burns

  By patcrose

  "Threw his crutch away and ran up the stairs".Obviously a miracle !

            

   

  By The Post at 05:00 on 16/05/12

  

  A NEIGHBOUR has told of the dramatic moment he rescued three young girls from the roof of their burning home. Dave Evans, left, 52, who walks with a crutch and is partly disabled due to a bad back, was out walking his dog Tyson with girlfriend Amanda on Monday at about 8.30pm, when he spotted black smoke billowing from the rear of a maisonette at Ashcombe Road, Weston-super-Mare. He went to investigate and saw three girls standing on...

• Volunteers roll up their sleeves for beach clean

  By Commenter42

  What makes a car tyre "wacky"?

            

   

  By The Post at 05:01 on 14/05/12

  

  A SET of fancy dress, vampire teeth, a toy soldier and a car tyre were just some of the wacky items found in a clean up of a beach near Weston- super-Mare. More than 220 volunteers from the resort and surrounding area turned up at Sand Bay on Friday for the first ever Marks and Spencer (M&S) and Marine Conservation Society Big Beach Clean-up. Around 90 school children, 60 local volunteers and 75 staff from M&S branches at...

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